In aggro deck that aren't Selesnya, I usually like to run at least 12 1 drop creatures. Monastery Swiftspear, Goblin Guide, and Bloodsoaked Champion would all be solid options in your colors. Also you DEFINITELY don't want to be playing Mind Rot, Pyroclasm, Tablet of the Guilds or Rakdos's Return in an aggro deck. They're just too slow, so you could phase those out for some more 1 drops to speed things up a lot. Also you could play some 2 drops that do stuff on turn 2 like Spike Jester, Abbot of Keral Keep, or that have powerful effects like Asylum Visitor and Battle Brawler. Basically overall the deck is too slow to be considered an aggro deck, you should cut the expensive stuff for more cheap stuff and take lands out so that you don't flood. Otherwise, just call it a midrange deck.

Thanks for the advice corythackston. I have looked into adding some 1 drop creatures, but I don't want to spend $17/card on Goblin Guide. I am definitely going to have to purchase 4 Bloodsoaked Champion and 4 Battle Brawler. I have already purchased 4 Spike Jester, but haven't received them yet so I haven't added them to my deck. I think my problem is that I was thinking of beating my friend's deck, instead of just building a good deck. Thanks again.

Looking a lot better

ghostfire86, I am having trouble reducing my cards down from 68 to 60. What should I eliminate from my deck and/or sideboard? I'm thinking of dropping Rakdos Shred-Freak down to 2, Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch down to 1, and Rakdos, Lord of Riots down to 1. That leaves me with 64 deck cards and 15 sideboard cards. The only other ones I can think of dropping or moving to the sideboard are Dreadbore and Bonfire of the Damned.

Interesting budget Rakdos aggro deck, so +1 from me. Here's my suggestion.

1. You need to cut down to 60 cards in the maindeck, my #1 suggestion is putting the 4 pyroclasms and rakdos charms to the sideboard, as those cards should only be used in specific matchups if at all.

2. I'd cut 2 Rakdos Keyrune and 2 rakdos return for 4 Blightning, as the card is incredibly powerful against many decks in the format. It also does a much better job of accomplishing what those cards what to do.

3. This deck needs to be aggressive, and tap-lands are the exact oppisite of that. I would recommend cutting all the taplands you have in favor of 4 Dragonskull Summit and 4 Sulfurous Springs, becuase when you are playing aggro, curve is everything.

4. Currently, this deck looks to be more of a midrange deck then an aggro deck, my reason for saying this as that this deck plays some alright 1-3 drops, but mostly focuses on reaching 4-5 mana, which is exactly what an aggro deck doesn't really want to happen. This is fine, but please change the title of the deck accordingly.

5. If you want to pursue the aggressive path, I'd recommend playing Goblin Rabblemaster and Falkenrath Aristocrat, as both cards are both cheap and incredibly powerful when they hit the board.

6. What is this sideboard? Is it a list of things you are considering for the deck? I'm merely asking, because it needs some work. My number one suggestion besides moving charm and pyroclasm to the side is to put 4 Duress as a start to your sideboard. You may also find cards like Stone Rain and Vandalblast to also be useful.

Those are my suggestions, let me know if you need anymore help.

Cheers!

Thanks Sargeras. I removed Pyroclasm. I've had a hard time finding Blightning at local shops. I may have to buy a few of them online. Duress is a card that I need to get. It would not only work really well on my sideboard, but would be a perfect fit against some of my friends' decks. I need to cut my tap-lands. 4 Dragonskull Summit look good, I just need to get 4 of them. Does Sulfurous Springs only deal damage if you have to add a Swamp or Mountain mana, or every time you tap it? I wouldn't add Goblin Rabblemaster unless I was also using Goblin Guide, which I refuse to use since it is now going for $26/card. But that would be a sweet combo for a Goblin deck. I personally have a hard time cutting any cards that have Rakdos in their name. Rakdos Keyrune looks easier to cut than Rakdos's Return. I'm still waiting for some cards to come in the mail. My deck will look different in a few days. Thanks for the suggestions.

While you tap Springs for colorless mana it doesn't deal you any damage. Also if you don't want to buy fetchlands, then I'd recommend Foreboding Ruins because with all those basic lands they'll almost always come as easy 2-color lands. Cut those Bloodfell Caves and maybe one Swamp to make room for them.
On the other hand you can try 2x Fists of the Demigod instead of Rakdos Keyrune or if you want some more hand disruption then try Duress or even Inquisition of Kozilek, which in my opinion does wonders :D

Thanks Vlasiax, that's what I thought. Fists of the Demigod is a very interesting card. How would it affect cards like Rakdos Cackler or Rakdos Shred-Freak that are Red or Black? Or cards like Rakdos, Lord of Riots that is Red and Black?

Used to have it in my old version of Rakdos deck, if you have both colors, then you get both effects - nobody expects turn 1 Unleashed Cackler turning into 4/4 beater with First Strike and Wither :D
Also remove Volcanic Vision and Nightmare from sideboard to make some space for things that you'll actually need like Thunderous Wrath, another Cage or Nihil Spellbomb

Damn, Fists of the Demigod is a really powerful card when added to cards that have both colors. I am definitely going to be purchasing a few of those. It not only will amplify my cards but also fits my deck theme, since I already have Demigod of Revenge. My sideboard is a mess right now. Basically anything that gets cut from my deck goes into the sideboard and then I remove items from my sideboard to fit the newly cut items. I need to finalize my deck and then focus on my sideboard. Thanks for the help Vlasiax.

Hi, I'm playing something similar to this. I would suggest maybe taking out the 2 Rakdos, Lord of Riots or 4 Spike Spike Jester and instead using 4 Hellspark Elemental. Hellspark can be used if sent to the graveyard from Faithless Looting and has better value then Spike Jesters with trample and haste. Since you are playing Aggro and trying to end games quickly his sacrifice ability doesn't hurt you too much. Also I could see Spark Elemental doing a similar job.

Hey SkeleTron666, when you were using Hellspark Elemental did your opponent just let the damage through since the card would be put into the graveyard at the end of the turn? Doesn't seem like an opponent would want to block it with a weaker creature because of Trample. It seems like 4 Hellspark Elemental added with 4 Vexing Devil could end the game very quickly. I will have to try to find some Hellspark Elemental. I think I have one, I will need to find 3 more. Thanks for the help!!

Yeah most of the time that damage went to the face because as you said, blocking usually means they lose some board control (a creature). I used to run a deck that played T1 Spark elemental, T2 Hellspark Elemental, then a T3 Ball lightning. If the removal wasn't there lightning bolts usually gained me a win. The problem was I had literally no board because of the sacrifice abilities. Luckily in this deck your guys can stick around! lol

The only thing that would make Hellspark Elemental not as good as Spike Jester is if I have a Fists of the Demigod in my hand. That would make my Spike Jester a 5/3 with haste, first strike, and wither. Hellspark Elemental would only be a 4/2 with trample, haste, first strike. I would take either one of those creatures, but I can't rely on Fists of the Demigod to show up in my hand most games. I will probably add the Hellspark Elemental and eliminate my Rakdos, Lord of Riots and Rakdos Shred-Freak. Although I think I already got rid of those for some Hellhole Flailer.

You also need to tweak that manabase of yours - for some budget options you can add Smoldering Marshes and Foreboding Ruins like 1-2 of each instead of basic lands

For creatures you can probably take 1-2 Rakdos, Lord of Riots and 1-2 Rakdos Shred-Freak to make room for either Goblin Deathraiders, Jund Hackblade or Hellspark Elemental

Also how about 1-2 delve cards like Gurmag Angler or Murderous Cut? During almost every game you'll have more than enough cards to cast it for 1-2 mana just don't exile your Demigods and you're good to go :)

Sideboard... remove the following:

• Ancient Grudge - Rakdos Charm has other modes to use and you don't have green mana for flashback anyway
• Rakdos Keyrune looks good on paper but actually will make you turn behind opponents and when becomes a creature is even more vulnerable for removal
• Consecrated by Blood - same thing as with Keyrune, you just have better options for 4 mana

Hey Vlasiax I am definitely going to get rid of Rakdos, Lord of Riots and Rakdos Shred-Freak. I will be adding Hellspark Elemental once I find 4 of them. Goblin Deathraiders also looks like a good card to add to this deck. I will have to look into that as well. Hellhole Flailer is the card that I have been using instead of Rakdos Shred-Freak. My sideboard is completely different than what is on this list. I am going to have to update this deck to match what I have in person. Thanks for the help!!

i would suggest a few Doom Blade, Goblin Guide if you can afford it, and Bloodsoaked Champion.

Thanks odiffido for the suggestions. Surprisingly, no one has suggested Doom Blade yet. I will have to get some of those. Goblin Guide has been suggested before, but is too expensive for me to want to buy it. I have Bloodsoaked Champion but I am going to use it in another deck.

I would second the recommendation that Vlasiax made of trying to find room for 1-2 Gurmag Angler. He can do some pretty brutal work and with the filtering of Faithless Looting you can usually find a way to get him out fairly quickly. And if you can't, you can always just loot him away.

As far as other cards within your budget, have you looked at Avatar of Discord? Discarding 2 cards can be tough, but 3 cmc for a 5/3 flyer doesn't seem too bad. Lightning Bolt is a little bit less common than it used to be, though perhaps it's still around enough to where she's not the best option. That being said, you might be able to combo her or Faithless Looting with getting Asylum Visitor out for madness, if you can get ahold of her. Asylum Visitor might give you some card draw to help give you a little more staying power so you don't burn out as quickly.

Thanks for the upvote by the way, Rakdos unite :D

severininfurs thanks for the suggestion. You and Vlasiax have suggested the Gurmag Angler, but neither of you suggested what cards I would remove to add it in. What would you suggest? I was thinking that I would take out Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch or Spike Jester and I am leaning towards Exava. For the most part, I like how the deck plays and don't want to change it much.

dzapf2008 I completely understand the sentiment. Deck slots feel pretty tight for my deck as well. I would remove Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch as well. Thematically she's awesome, but I personally think the Angler is better because he can come out for really cheap with delve. So, even if you cast him on turn 4 or turn 5, you would still be able to keep up enough mana to play a Terminate or Lightning Bolt in response to something your opponent does, as opposed to tapping out with Exava.

Thanks severininfurs! I was thinking of getting rid of Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch. I like her abilities, but I only have 1 other creature that has +1/+1 counters, so that part of it doesn't synergize with my deck anymore, except when I have a Fists of the Demigod on the battlefield. I used to have more creatures with unleash that added +1/+1 counters, so she made more sense then. The Gurmag Angler works really well with my Faithless Looting and I like your point that it has the possibility of being cast for less mana. This was the very first deck I constructed. It has changed a lot and come a long way from what it used to be. Thanks for your help.

Hey severininfurs, do you pay attention to the Tapped Out Casual to Competitive percentage? I noticed that this deck went from 42% competitive down to 38% competitive when I swapped my Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch and Gurmag Angler. I'm not saying the deck was better before, but I was just wondering if anyone pays attention to that.

I love this deck! So explosive, looks like fun. You may find some inspiration in my Sweltering Stampede deck for a card or two.

dzapf2008 between different edits, my Rakdos deck has fluctuated from 38% competitive to 79% competitive. I don't know where they get the data to determine that - I've tried looking it up, and haven't found a definitive answer one way or the other.