Rakdos Skelemental Scam

Modern BR (Rakdos) Competitive Discard FNM Midrange

catman2021

Land (21)

• 4x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 3x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Verdant Catacombs

Creature (22)

• 4x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 4x Grief
• 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 4x Lightning Skelemental
• 4x Orcish Bowmasters
• 4x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Thunderkin Awakener

Instant (10)

• 2x Fatal Push
• 2x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Not Dead After All
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Undying Evil

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Thoughtseize
• 3x Unearth

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Sideboard

Artifact (6)

• 2x Engineered Explosives
• 2x Pithing Needle
• 2x Void Mirror

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Molten Collapse

Enchantment (4)

• 3x Blood Moon
• 1x Hidetsugu Consumes All  ^Flip

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ashiok, Dream Render

Instant (1)

• 1x Terminate

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dragon's Rage Channeler
• 1x Flamekin Harbinger
• 1x Tourach, Dread Cantor

Instant (1)

• 1x Temur Battle Rage

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Blood Moon

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Updated my old Naya Ball Lightning deck from several years back, taking inspiration from SaffronOlives and Fluffy Wolfs Skelemental decks. Took out white splash for Kroxa (see Mardu version if interested).

Plays like an aggro deck but feels like a combo deck Even more midrange post-board.

Midrange with Lightning Skelemental and Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger. Optional Flamekin Harbinger to tutor for Lightning Skelemental or Thunderkin Awakener as needed, effectively becoming balls 4-6 and thunderkins 2-4.

Now with Lurrus of the Dream-Den for extra graveyard recursion value.

Capable of a turn 3 kill:

Turn 1: black source + Inquisition/thoughtseize self discarding Skelemental

Turn 2: red source AND Thunderkin Awakener OR Unearth targeting Skelemental (7 damage)

Turn 3: red source AND Thunderkin Awakener targeting Skelemental AND play a second Skelemental (13 damage)

Spell support reads like a best of of red and black with Lightning Bolt, Thoughtseize, Dreadbore, Terminate, and Kolaghan's Command.

Running Fulminator Mage or Blood Moon against Tron, Jund, or other mana-greedy decks.

Note: feedback welcome and appreciated! Thank you in advance :).

RIP Lurrus 3/7/2022

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Modern Competitive 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Midrange 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Tribal 3 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 month
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 35 - 11 Rares 4 - 2 Uncommons 9 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.79
Tokens	Orc Army, Treasure, Wicked
Folders	Decks I like, Potential Decks, midrange, Decks I like