8-Rakdos

Modern raefgall

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War of the Spark / Modern Horizons —June 19, 2019

Looking as some possible major overhauls. There seem to be a lot of possibilities for this deck right now.

Bedevil is a versatile removal spell that currently fills the same slot as Dreadbore, maybe Kolaghan's Command.

Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage makes 12-rack a possibility and grants an additional source of consistent discard. Especially in a more aggressive build of the deck like this, this feels like a good inclusion.

Lightning Skelemental makes a bridgeless variant feel more possible. Alternately, it could make a powerful sideboard variant replacing Blightning (or even Ensnaring Bridge), under the assumption they've sided out creature removal.

Defile might work better in a mono-black deck, but most of the time it's going to get the job done, possibly better than Fatal Push in a lot of circumstances. Force of Despair seems like it could be a good sweeper, especially in the sideboard against affinity.

The biggest opportunity, however, seems to be the inclusion of snow-lands. Dead of Winter is super powerful and only has one black in its mana cost. Skred is playable in the colors, although I still feel like Defile works better. I'm wondering if it is worth retooling my mana-base to include enough snow-lands for it to be worth it.