Magar the Horrible

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Unblockable

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Sorcery (24)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Army of the Damned
• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Fevered Suspicion
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Hit the Mother Lode
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Invoke Despair
• 1x Make an Example
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Rise of the Eldrazi
• 1x Seize the Spoils
• 1x Surge to Victory
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Unmarked Grave
• 1x Worst Fears

Creature (4)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Oriq Loremage
• 1x Void Maw

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Dauthi Embrace

Instant (20)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Big Score
• 1x Blood for the Blood God!
• 1x Cathartic Pyre
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Desecrate Reality
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Faithless Salvaging
• 1x Hostile Negotiations
• 1x Hurl Through Hell
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Price of Fame
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Twinferno
• 1x Unexpected Windfall

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thieves' Tools
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Twinning Staff
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 11x Mountain
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak

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The theme of this Rakdos deck revolves around Magar of the Magic Strings’ activated ability. There is a swath of powerful instant and sorcery cards in this build. Also present are numerous rummage spells which allow us to discard these instant and sorcery cards into our graveyard, which then serve as targets for Magar’s activated ability. As an additional graveyard-filling avenue, there are spells and effects in the 99 that let us search our library for more instant and sorcery cards to be put directly into the graveyard. In order for our Magar-created creatures to deal combat damage to our opponents with relative ease, other cards are included that provide different forms of evasion. This dynamic allows our creatures to deal combat damage to our opponents easily, which triggers their Magar-gifted abilities and creates copies of the cards themselves for us to cast without paying their mana costs. Through this optimized engine we will control the battlefield and overwhelm our opponents on the path to victory.

Deck Tech

In the following YouTube video, MTG Burgeoning deck techs this Magar of the Magic Strings build as it enters into the Burgeoning Commander Catalog:

UP & UP Series Episode #1

In the following YouTube video, MTG Burgeoning UPdates & UPgrades this Magar of the Magic Strings EDH deck via an appearance on the channel's UP & UP Series:

Hostile Negotiations replaces Syphon Mind.

Hit the Mother Lode replaces Sorin's Vengeance.

Rise of the Eldrazi replaces Grave Endeavor.

Desecrate Reality replaces Cabal Conditioning.

Commander Ban List Announcement 9/23/24

Mana Crypt was banned in Commander effective September 23rd, 2024. These cards are being replaced by Mind Stone at this time.

Top Ranked	Achieved #19 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #17 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Unblockable 1 year ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.22
Tokens	Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
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