Rakdos-- Now with More Smuggler's Copter!

Pioneer* BR (Rakdos) Competitive Midrange

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Land (24)

• 4x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 2x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 4x Blood Crypt
• 1x Den of the Bugbear
• 3x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 3x Mutavault
• 2x Sulfurous Springs
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Creature (14)

• 2x Gifted Aetherborn
• 3x Knight of the Ebon Legion
• 2x Murderous Rider
• 4x Night Market Lookout
• 3x Phyrexian Obliterator

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  ^Flip

Artifact (4)

• 4x Smuggler's Copter

Instant (8)

• 3x Bedevil
• 2x Fatal Push
• 3x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Duress
• 2x Molten Collapse
• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 3x Heartless Act
• 3x Professor's Warning

Artifact (5)

• 3x Damping Sphere
• 2x Grafdigger's Cage

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Tainted Remedy

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Extinction Event
• 1x Languish
• 1x Soul Transfer

Instant (4)

• 3x Abrade
• 1x Kolaghan's Command

Artifact (1)

• 1x Pithing Needle

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----------Why I created this deck----------

This is NOT a net deck. It is an evolution of a previous deck inspired by lack of responses to a friend's deck. Read the brief story, below:

I made a mono-black deck that focused on a couple of cards I pulled from packs (Phyrexian Obliterator and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse). I had fun with that deck and I won at my (admittedly not very competitive) lgs with that deck. However, I have been wanting to play a bit in the Rakdos space because I have been wanting to try out Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  , but I didn't want to just net-deck something. Then a friend showed up with a Chandra Tribal deck and I realized I had very little planeswalker hate in my mono-black deck. So, I started looking at planeswalker hate cards and realized I could splash red and get Bedevil into the deck-- a card I really like and LOVE the art, and then I could also try out Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  .

----------More about the deck----------

Okay, so I did look at some of the net decks to get an idea of the mana base to use, but outside of that, I think you'll see only vague glimpses of the "tier" deck that terrorizes the format.

I did get to play this last week at my lgs and went 3-0 without dropping a game. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker   is busted. Period. That card is just silly. Everything else in the deck seems okay, though copying Phyrexian Obliterator with Reflection of Kiki-Jiki   is nuts.

----------A note about the sideboard----------

Also, my sideboard is very specific to my lgs, so look at the maybe board for some ideas that may work better in your situation. Most people won't face someone who built a deck around life gain, so Tainted Remedy likely isn't a good card for your sideboard-- but it is amazing in my sideboard as I see such decks weekly.

Top Ranked	Achieved #29 position overall 8 months ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer 8 months ago
Date added	9 months
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 5 Rares 7 - 7 Uncommons 5 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.08
Tokens	Copy Clone, Goblin 1/1 R, Goblin Shaman, Treasure