Rakdos Control

Modern* BR (Rakdos) Budget Burn Casual Control

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Instant (11)

• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 3x Magma Jet
• 4x Terminate

Sorcery (16)

• 3x Blightning
• 4x Duress
• 2x Mizzium Mortars
• 2x Rakdos's Return
• 3x Read the Bones
• 2x Slaughter Games

Creature (9)

• 4x Desecration Demon
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 4x Young Pyromancer

Land (24)

• 2x Akoum Refuge
• 4x Bloodfell Caves
• 4x Dragonskull Summit
• 7x Mountain
• 7x Swamp

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 3x Dark Betrayal
• 3x Rakdos Charm

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Blightning
• 2x Dreadbore
• 1x Slaughter Games

Artifact (2)

• 2x Pithing Needle

Creature (3)

• 3x Vampire Nighthawk

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Lightning Bolt

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This deck has already come a long way from where it began with thanks to the TappedOut community. The idea is, me and my friends are going to have a Christmas tournament, and I don't want them to enjoy it as much as I do. So aggressive, burn/control seemed the way to go. PLEASE keep the suggestions and comments coming, they are enormously helpful. Remember I am on a fairly tight budget, so no Thoughtsieze or Lillianas.

Credit to http://tappedout.net/users/tman007/ for http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/rakdos-control-is-better-than-esper/, which I heavily based the initial list on.

Basic Breakdown:

Creatures:

• Young Pyromancer - Early game damage, plus free chump-blocking/attacking tokens all through the game.

• Desecration Demon - Big bad finisher. Evasive fatty who, depending on my opponent's choice of grisly demise, either forces a sacrifice or takes a big meaty chunk out of their life total each turn.

• Mogis, God of Slaughter - Though unlikely to ever become a creature in this deck, Mogis's effect helps enormously in slowly whittling opponents down. Limited to 1 copy by budget.

Instants:

• Lightning Bolt - Surprisingly cheap, instant damage to the face. acts as removal and can finish opponents, all for one mana. How lovely.

• Magma Jet - In a similar vein, can execute opponents, kill weaker creatures and allows me to set up the next few draws.

• Terminate - Kill-spell of choice. Hits any colour, prevents regeneration.

Sorceries:

• Blightning: This is not a true discard deck, but spells like Blightning prevent opponents from forming a coherent strategy and force them into topdeck mode early. 3 damage is not to be sniffed at either.

• Duress: Great turn one disruption, depriving opponents of a counterspell, a kill spell or a useful buff. Combos extremely well with Slaughter Games later in the game.

• Mizzium Mortars : Great for killing tougher creatures. Lategame, doubles as a one-sided boardwipe.

• Rakdos's Return : Blightning's big brother. doubles as a finisher for opponents on low life.

• Read the Bones: Amazing controlled card draw. Who cares about the life loss if your opponent is losing more?

• Slaughter Games: Prevents opponents from ever drawing solutions to spells like Desecration Demon or Rakdos's Return . Combos with Duress forcing them to reveal their hand. Also rips combo decks apart.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 5 Rares 13 - 9 Uncommons 14 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.33
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R