Rakdos the Defiler: The first cut is the deepest
Commander / EDH
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Spring Cleaning —April 5, 2015
It's been months since I tracked any of my actual changes here. Current list reflects what I'm actually playing these days. The last 6 months have brought a lot of very playable new demons. The deck is happy.
I need to take a closer look at Khans block to see if there are any cards I've missed that would fit well. Suggestions welcomed.
I did a double take when I saw that suggestion. It's in the deck, but not on here for some reason. Thanks!
March 18, 2014 9:24 p.m.
DaitokujiAmnael says... #3
Life's Finale would make an awesome addition to this deck. Blow up the field and pick 3 creatures from your opponent's library to dump to the grave. It's extremely good if you're running some reanimator cards.
April 9, 2014 1:29 p.m.
DaitokujiAmnael says... #4
A card that would really make your deck retarded is Eternity Vessel . If your life total is high enough by the time you play it, you can reset your life total any time you played a land.
April 9, 2014 1:32 p.m.
You have an interesting deck. I built one a while ago and haven't made much changes for the past couple sets thats have come out. If you are interested you can take a look and comment if you want. It wins me lots of games.
May 2, 2014 1:21 p.m.
SomeDipshit says... #7
Bitter Ordeal is useful for any swing that Rakdos makes.
October 22, 2014 9:57 p.m.
November 13, 2014 11:55 a.m.
GlobalDynamics says... #11
If you're gonna run Master of Cruelties, why not have a Rogue's Passage?
November 14, 2014 1:34 a.m.
illumfolly got it, with all of the the fetches that I run, I almost always have either Blood Crypt or Badlands out by the time I need Anger to work.
a91welch: I've gone back and forth on Rogue's Passage. Because of all the lands I sac to Rakdos, I want as few non-colour producing lands as possible. It's why I run every single comes into play tapped RB dual. I've also got lots of spells that have double/triple colours in their costs. Lots of playing has shown that Flying, Trample and my efforts to set up a Rakdos attack by clearing the way mean that unblockable is less important than it looks. Those non-colour producing slots are better spent on Wasteland and Strip Mine to make sure that I can kill Maze of Ith.
Thanks for the comments, guys!! As soon as I get my C14 decks this will be getting some updates. There are a couple tasty new Demons in there that I want to try out.
November 14, 2014 11:13 a.m.
johhnyturbo says... #13
Have you thought about adding Kormus Bell for how it combos with Conspiracy (and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth if you want to add antother card into the mix)? It can make Rakdos much more one-sided with his triggers and the major downside to Kormus Bell, that your swamps are likely to die, is something youre willing to handle anyway in this type of deck.
canterlotguardian says... #1
No Dragonskull Summit ?
March 18, 2014 11:27 a.m.