The Instigator

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos)

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Creature (33)

• 1x Agitator Ant
• 1x Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
• 1x Bothersome Quasit
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Burning-Rune Demon
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Chaos Dragon
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Death Kiss
• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Dream Devourer
• 1x Drider
• 1x Geode Rager
• 1x Goblin Spymaster
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grim Wanderer
• 1x Herald of Hadar
• 1x Jeering Instigator
• 1x Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Leech Gauntlet
• 1x Lorcan, Warlock Collector
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Rage Nimbus
• 1x Silumgar Assassin
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Thieving Amalgam
• 1x Vengeful Ancestor
• 1x Wight

Land (36)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Sulfurous Mire
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Unknown Shores
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Eternal Thirst
• 1x Guild Feud
• 1x Share the Spoils
• 1x Shiny Impetus
• 1x The Akroan War
• 1x Warlock Class

Instant (3)

• 1x Aggravate
• 1x Chaos Wrap
• 1x Smashing Success

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Rowan Kenrith

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bloodthirsty Blade
• 1x Bucknard's Everfull Purse
• 1x Eye of Vecna
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fraying Line
• 1x Hand of Vecna
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Reaper's Talisman
• 1x Replicating Ring
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Book of Vile Darkness

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Danse Macabre
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Grim Bounty
• 1x Spectacular Showdown
• 1x Volcanic Salvo

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Sideboard

Land (9)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Field of the DeadGC
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Parasitic Impetus

Creature (7)

• 1x Avatar of Slaughter
• 1x Goblin Racketeer
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Kamber, the Plunderer
• 1x Laurine, the Diversion
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Tivash, Gloom Summoner

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Angrath, Minotaur Pirate
• 1x Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Bhaal
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Mirror of Life Trapping
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thieves' Tools
• 1x Weathered Runestone

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Besmirch

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Embrose, Dean of Shadow  ^Flip
• 1x Fain, the Broker
• 1x Gleaming Barrier
• 1x Liliana's Devotee
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Orcus, Prince of Undeath
• 1x Tenured Inkcaster

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Demogorgon's Clutches
• 1x Spreading Rot
• 1x Sundering Stroke

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Unpredictable Cyclone

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The Instigator

You are the one who rules the city from the shadows. You are the one pulling the strings. Wars are waged on your command. Cities rise and fall as you decree it. You are The Instigator.

Deck Introduction

This deck aims to pit your enemies against each other. They won't have time to deal with you because your constant presence is to push them against each other instead. The deck revolves around the goad ability and other effects that benefit you from attacks. While your opponents are forced to face each other you can relax and build resources in order to win.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	8 months
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 43 - 15 Rares 18 - 7 Uncommons 11 - 4 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	Blood, City's Blessing, Demon */* B, Emblem Rowan Kenrith, Foretell, Goblin 1/1 R for Goblin Spymaster, Gold, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C, Ogre 3/3 R, On an Adventure, Pest 1/1 BG, Rat 1/1 B, Replicated Ring, Skeleton 4/1 B, Spider 2/1 B, Treasure, Vecna, Zombie 2/2 B