Menacing Betrayal

Modern BR (Rakdos) Combo Competitive Control Menace Sacrifice Tempo Theft Theme/Gimmick

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Land (20)

• 4x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 4x Dragonskull Summit
• 4x Mountain
• 2x Prismatic Vista
• 2x Swamp

Creature (16)

• 4x Carrion Feeder
• 4x Labyrinth Raptor
• 4x Sedgemoor Witch
• 4x Stormfist Crusader

Instant (8)

• 4x Deadly Dispute
• 4x Lightning Bolt

Sorcery (16)

• 4x Claim the Firstborn
• 4x Kari Zev's Expertise
• 4x Tentative Connection
• 4x Thud

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Sideboard

Artifact (8)

• 2x Defense Grid
• 2x Glaring Spotlight
• 2x Nihil Spellbomb
• 2x Witchbane Orb

Creature (4)

• 4x Hunted Horror

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Eaten Alive

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Maybeboard

Creature (13)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Ayara's Oathsworn
• 1x Dragonlord Kolaghan
• 1x Goldhound
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Grimdancer
• 1x Hunted Nightmare
• 1x Insolent Neonate
• 1x Kessig Wolfrider
• 1x Nightmare Shepherd
• 1x Relentless Dead
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Assault Strobe
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Hijack
• 1x Mark of Mutiny
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Traitorous Blood
• 1x Wrangle

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Angrath, Captain of Chaos
• 1x Angrath, the Flame-Chained

Instant (6)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Improvised Club
• 1x Reckoner's Bargain
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Word of Seizing

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Frenzied Fugue

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Modern Rakdos Control

This deck is about stealing enemy creatures, attacking and sacrificing them for my own benefit

Creatures:

• Labyrinth Raptor is elusive and punishes blockers. It can also pump up fellow Menace attackers
• Stormfist Crusader is also hard to block and speeds up the game
• Sedgemoor Witch generates tokens to attack, block or simply beef up Carrion Feeder, while giving me some Life back
• Carrion Feeder is a sac outlet that increases in power

Non-creature Spells:

• Tentative Connection benefits from Menace to become a kleptomaniac's best friend
• Claim the Firstborn steals most creatures in Modern for only 1 mana
• Kari Zev's Expertise steals a creature and gives me a free cast on a lower cost spell
• Deadly Dispute is a sac outlet that refuels my hand and gives useful Ramp
• Thud is a sac outlet that deals damage to anything
• Lightning Bolt can be used as removal or to zap the enemy's face

Sideboard:

• Defense Grid protects against enemy instants. My own instants are few and will probably be played on my turn
• Glaring Spotlight negates hexproof so I can target creatures
• Hunted Horror is used if the opponent doesn't have much creatures
• Witchbane Orb shuts down Discard, Mill and Burn
• Nihil Spellbomb counters graveyard strategies
• Eaten Alive is a sac outlet that exiles another of the opponent's creatures or a planeswalker

Maybeboard Mentions:

• Angrath, Captain of Chaos gives Menace to everything, including stolen creatures, and can generate tokens
• Village Rites is cheaper than Deadly Dispute but without the Treasure bonus
• Reckoner's Bargain has the same cost as Deadly Dispute but trades Ramp for Lifegain
• Diabolic Intent is a nice tutor card that fits the deck's gimmick
• Hunted Nightmare is a big Menacing boy
• Wrangle can be used instead of Tentative Connection
• Nightmare Shepherd is a fun demon that gives me nightmarish copies of creatures I've stolen and killed
• Viscera Seer provides a sac outlet on a body that fixes my draws, switching with Carrion Feeder
• Grim Haruspex is a great draw engine with all the sacrifices going on
• Zealous Conscripts provides a "steal permanent" on a hasty body
• Mob Rule is an interesting play in a Multiplayer scenario

Top Ranked	Achieved #32 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #9 position in Modern 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Combo 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Control 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	30 - 10 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.00
Tokens	Centaur 3/3 G w/ Pro Black, Pest 1/1 BG, Treasure
Folders	Favourites, steezy