Rakdos Da Hoe

Commander / EDH Aggro Battlecruiser BR (Rakdos) Casual Demons Haste Sacrifice

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Creature (24)

• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Anger
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Blade of the Oni
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Extractor Demon
• 1x Generator Servant
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Herald of Slaanesh
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kardur, Doomscourge *thick*
• 1x Malfegor
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
• 1x Orcus, Prince of Undeath
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots *f-etch*
• 1x Rakdos, the Showstopper
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Sheoldred  ^Flip
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Land (28)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (12)

• 1x Black Sun's Twilight
• 1x Blood for the Blood God!
• 1x Bolt Bend
• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Murder
• 1x Not of this World
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x Cruel Tutor
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Insult / Injury
• 1x Jokulhaups
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Void

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Bottomless Pit
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Liliana's Contract

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Instant (4)

• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Reroute
• 1x Shunt

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Reanimate

Creature (1)

• 1x Flamerush Rider

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Dance of the Dead

Artifact (4)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Gate to the AEther
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x The Reaver Cleaver

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A quasi demon tribal deck with none other than the hoe himself, Rakdos the Defiler at the helm. I quite enjoy the flavor that comes with demons, and the fact that their threat doesn't come from merely the fact that they are big creatures (that doesn't hurt) but that they also do fun and interesting things, such as Master of Cruelties or Archfiend of Depravity. They're practically sorceries on a buff guy.

Your main goal with this deck is to drop as many threats as fast as possible. To help with the fast bit we have many classic ramp cards like Dark Ritual and Rakdos Signet (I don't think there's enough ramp in the deck, but I haven't tuned it yet)

The next step is to drop progressively larger threats, to draw out any counter spells or destruction. You're gonna want to start off with something small like, Herald of Slaanesh or Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire in the beginning; then move to to standalone threats like Master of Cruelties or Sire Of Insanity (to scare people, and if they stay alive that's a bonus); then move to things that have synergy with Rakdos the Defiler like teregrid, god of fright and Harvester of Souls, and then finally dropping the big man himself. Once you swing with him, you're basically out of the game aside from your already established board, so treat Rakdos the Defiler as the cherry on top of an already delicious cake

The deck's main problem is that it makes the player a big threat, but leaves them nothing to defend themselves with. Cards like Glaring Spotlight and Tibalt's Trickery are for protecting your permanents while board wipes like Damnation and Blasphemous Act are for clearing other people's threats (in my opinion, it needs more board wipes if you want to win more games, but I wanted to focus on the flavor of demons)

And thems the facts, suggestions are welcome and appreciated, mana clash FTW

Date added	10 months
Last updated	10 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.97