Mexican incursion: Rakdos and the Illegals

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Budget Demons Discard Eldrazi

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Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Molten Slagheap
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Piranha Marsh
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunscorched Desert
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Zhalfirin Void

Instant (6)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Titan's Presence
• 1x To the Slaughter
• 1x Tribute to Hunger
• 1x Volcanic Offering

Creature (24)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Hellrider
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Lobber Crew
• 1x Marauding Raptor
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons
• 1x Sin Prodder
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Spear Spewer
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vilis, Broker of Blood
• 1x Void Winnower

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Guild Feud
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Honden of Infinite Rage
• 1x Honden of Night's Reach
• 1x Lim-Dul's Hex
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Palace Siege
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Theater of Horrors
• 1x War's Toll
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Conqueror's Galleon  ^Flip
• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Khalni Gem
• 1x Onyx Goblet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Consuming Vapors
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Skull Rend
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Whispers of Emrakul

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Creature (45)

• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Anger
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Bane of Bala Ged
• 1x Bloodhusk Ritualist
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Cryptborn Horror
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Demon of Wailing Agonies
• 1x Demonlord Belzenlok
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dread Cacodemon
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Hellhole Rats
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hellraiser Goblin
• 1x Hypnox
• 1x Jagged Poppet
• 1x Kozilek's Channeler
• 1x Liliana's Reaver
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Myojin of Infinite Rage
• 1x Myojin of Night's Reach
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Plague Spitter
• 1x Rakdos Ickspitter
• 1x Rix Maadi Reveler
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Spawn of Mayhem
• 1x Tyrant of Discord
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Sorcery (40)

• 1x Appetite for Brains
• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Blightning
• 1x Boneyard Parley
• 1x Carnival / Carnage
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Dead Revels
• 1x Decree of Annihilation
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Din of the Fireherd
• 1x Doomfall
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Head Games
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mire in Misery
• 1x Morgue Burst
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Nahiri's Wrath
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Night Terrors
• 1x Pirate's Pillage
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Rite of Ruin
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Settle the Score
• 1x Sever the Bloodline
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 2x Unnerve
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Void
• 1x Whispers of Emrakul
• 1x World at War

Land (5)

• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Sunscorched Desert

Artifact (18)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Colfenor's Urn
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 2x Grafted Skullcap
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Null Brooch
• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Pyramid of the Pantheon
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Veilstone Amulet
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (15)

• 1x Complete Disregard
• 1x Corpse Dance
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Geth's Verdict
• 1x Grip of Desolation
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Induce Despair
• 1x Mogg Salvage
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Soulblast
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Tragic Slip

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Anthem of Rakdos
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Citadel of Pain
• 1x Ill-Gotten Inheritance
• 1x Oppression
• 1x Pain Magnification
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Sarkhan's Unsealing
• 1x Theater of Horrors
• 1x Trove of Temptation

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The main idea of this deck is to put some big monsters in game for free and whoop some ass hence our fella Rakdos, Lord of Riots . He has a pretty bad draw back to come in game but once he is in he does the job.

Time has been harsh on us, my meta shifted with the rise of plenty os Bant/control-heavy decks (yuck), due to this I had to embrace discard, since I can't keep my immigrants in play for long nor finish 1v1 games quick enough, keeping in mind this is a multiplayer focused deck, i decided to go full Hand-hate, if players don't have hands they usually have fewer answers to the mexican incursion.

Rakdos' Enablers Show

• Cryptolith Fragment  

• Hellrider

• Honden of Infinite Rage

• Lim-Dul's Hex

• Lobber Crew

• Onyx Goblet

• Palace Siege

• Piranha Marsh

• Rakdos Ickspitter

• Retreat to Hagra

• Sin Prodder

• Staff of Nin

• Warstorm Surge

Hand Hate Show

• Oppression

• Persecute

• Sire Of Insanity

• Bottomless Pit

• Appetite for Brains

• Night Terrors

• Mindslicer

• Hellhole Rats

• Liliana's Reaver

• Pain Magnification

• Painful Quandary

• Void

• Honden of Night's Reach

The hand Hate mechanic is partially out of the deck, since it's new, eventually i'll invest in reanimator mechanics since i'll be putting my own creatures in the graveyard. Extra draw Engines include Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker , Grafted Skullcap , Phyrexian Arena , Chandra, Flamecaller ; Mindstorm Crown . Flavorwise i'm also including Hellbent cards such as Anthem of Rakdos and Jagged Poppet .

Any sugestions on what to exchange from one board to another or to cut out of/add to the list are welcome, I'm always testing for better speed/damaga and/or consistency on the gameplay, thanks.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.20
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C
Folders	New decks, Neat Stuff, Rakdos EDH, Favorite Decks, Need to playtest