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Deck Reviews / [EDH / Commander] Rakdos, Lord of Riots
« on: December 08, 2019, 04:17:12 am »
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Thoughts on this? I had most of this deck written down in notes, but after realizing how much it would hurt my wallet, I took out the most expensive cards and threw together replacements.
exp=expensive, replaced with new
Graveyard recursion:
Artisan of Kozilek
Gravedigger
Palace Siege
Whip of Erebos
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (exp)
Reanimate (exp)
Sheoldred, Whispering One (exp)
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (exp)
Dead Revels (new)
Finale of Eternity (new)
Search library:
Conduit of Ruin
Rune-Scarred Demon
Blood Speaker
Demonic Tutor (exp)
Diabolic Tutor (new)
Opponents sacrifice cards:
Archfiend of Depravity
Indulgent Tormentor
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
Pilfering Imp
It That Betrays (exp)
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (exp)
Sheoldred, Whispering One (exp)
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (exp)
Mire in Misery (new)
Mogis, God of Slaughter (new)
Opponents lose life:
Cryptolith Fragment
Nettle Drone
Indulgent Tormentor
Master of Cruelties
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
Sower of Discord
Goblin Fireslinger
Plague Spitter
Tree of Perdition
Vexing Devil
Palace Siege
Rakdos Charm
Rogue's Passage
Piranha Marsh
Smoldering Spires
Archfiend of Despair (exp)
Sorin Markov (exp)
Blood Seeker (new)
Captive Audience (new)
Defiant Bloodlord (new)
Falkenrath Noble (new)
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (new)
Mogis, God of Slaughter (new)
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted (new)
Revenge of Ravens (new)
Card draw:
Bloodgift Demon
Harvester of Souls
Indulgent Tormentor
Herald's Horn (exp)
Kozilek, the Great Distortion (exp)
Phyrexian Arena (exp)
Ambition's Cost (new)
Stealing cards:
Lord of the Void
Mark of the Oni
Emrakul, the Promised End (exp)
It That Betrays (exp)
Sorin Markov (exp)
Destroying cards:
Rakdos, the Showstopper
Reaper from the Abyss
Bedevil
Doom Blade
Dreadbore
Murder
Rakdos Charm
Smelt
Terminate
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger (exp)
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (exp)
Finale of Eternity (new)
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted (new)
Royal Assassin (new)
Board wipe:
Deathbringer Regent
Living Death
In Garruk's Wake (new)
Mana ramp:
Crypt Ghast
Neheb, the Eternal
Cabal Coffers (exp)
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (exp)
Dark Ritual (new)
Thoughts on this? I had most of this deck written down in notes, but after realizing how much it would hurt my wallet, I took out the most expensive cards and threw together replacements.
exp=expensive, replaced with new
Graveyard recursion:
Artisan of Kozilek
Gravedigger
Palace Siege
Whip of Erebos
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (exp)
Reanimate (exp)
Sheoldred, Whispering One (exp)
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (exp)
Dead Revels (new)
Finale of Eternity (new)
Search library:
Conduit of Ruin
Rune-Scarred Demon
Blood Speaker
Demonic Tutor (exp)
Diabolic Tutor (new)
Opponents sacrifice cards:
Archfiend of Depravity
Indulgent Tormentor
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
Pilfering Imp
It That Betrays (exp)
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (exp)
Sheoldred, Whispering One (exp)
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (exp)
Mire in Misery (new)
Mogis, God of Slaughter (new)
Opponents lose life:
Cryptolith Fragment
Nettle Drone
Indulgent Tormentor
Master of Cruelties
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
Sower of Discord
Goblin Fireslinger
Plague Spitter
Tree of Perdition
Vexing Devil
Palace Siege
Rakdos Charm
Rogue's Passage
Piranha Marsh
Smoldering Spires
Archfiend of Despair (exp)
Sorin Markov (exp)
Blood Seeker (new)
Captive Audience (new)
Defiant Bloodlord (new)
Falkenrath Noble (new)
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (new)
Mogis, God of Slaughter (new)
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted (new)
Revenge of Ravens (new)
Card draw:
Bloodgift Demon
Harvester of Souls
Indulgent Tormentor
Herald's Horn (exp)
Kozilek, the Great Distortion (exp)
Phyrexian Arena (exp)
Ambition's Cost (new)
Stealing cards:
Lord of the Void
Mark of the Oni
Emrakul, the Promised End (exp)
It That Betrays (exp)
Sorin Markov (exp)
Destroying cards:
Rakdos, the Showstopper
Reaper from the Abyss
Bedevil
Doom Blade
Dreadbore
Murder
Rakdos Charm
Smelt
Terminate
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger (exp)
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (exp)
Finale of Eternity (new)
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted (new)
Royal Assassin (new)
Board wipe:
Deathbringer Regent
Living Death
In Garruk's Wake (new)
Mana ramp:
Crypt Ghast
Neheb, the Eternal
Cabal Coffers (exp)
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (exp)
Dark Ritual (new)