Help for my version of Rakdos Midrange

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Posted on April 25, 2023, 12:18 p.m. by exDeity

Hi,

I was wondering if you had any ideas on how to improve this deck. I am kind of new to MTG these days (well, I started with Homelands, but I stopped altogether 20 years ago)

My Rakdos midrange copy

legendofa says... #2

Welcome to the club, exDeity!

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April 25, 2023 12:51 p.m.

wallisface says... #3

I assume its this list here.

What format is this intended for? Standard? Pioneer? Modern? I assume you need a sideboard for your deck?

My first impression is that you’re running a LOT of cards as 1-ofs, which will lead to a lot of consistency issues. Ideally most of your deck should be playsets of cards.

April 25, 2023 8:36 p.m.

exDeity says... #4

It is a Standard Deck for MTG Arena. Yes, I am aware of consistency issues. I was hoping you could tell me which cards should be discarded so I can increase the number of others or discard them altogether.

Thanks!

April 26, 2023 2:08 a.m.

wallisface says... #5

exDeity Cool. I'm no expect in Standard (I generally just play Modern), but if it were me i'd be dropping the following cards:

  • Archpriest of Shadows (it's not doing much for 5 mana)

  • Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos (this card just seems bad)

  • Reckless Stormseeker  Flip (the card seems fine, but your build feels very mid-range, so your cards should be aiming to make value-based-plays, not aggro-based ones)

  • Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion (its a lot of work to get value from, but maybe this card is fine. idk)

  • Burn Down the House & Gix's Command (i'm just skeptical that they're maybe not very useful in your build)

  • Duress (the card is probably completely fine. I'm just used to much stronger options in Modern, so the limitations on what you can grab with it feel really off-putting to me. I would suggest figuring out how often its going to whiff, and seeing if those odds make it worth playing)

  • Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia (I love this card and actually run it in a modern deck. But I feel without someway to profit from the zombie death/sacrifice triggers, its just not remotely good enough?)

  • Maybe Atsushi, the Blazing Sky also (it seems decent, but being a death trigger you're kindof at the mercy of your opponent triggering it, and i'm not sure it's netting you much value for the variability its going to cause)

There's also the chance of being able to go down to 26ish lands if you drop most of those high-mana cards I mentioned, in place of lower-mana cards.

But, as said before, I don't know the standard metagame. All I'm assuming is it's the same as Pioneer where everyone always wants to be running 4x Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  Flip. Hopefully my rambling has helped create some food-for-thought in any case.

April 26, 2023 5:28 a.m. Edited.

exDeity says... #6

That was helpful. I’m going to try to implement some of the changes you mentioned. Any other ideas? Thanks

April 28, 2023 8:42 a.m.

wallisface says... #7

exDeity Yeah i’m happy to help, but it probably makes sense to after the decks had its update. Tag me when the changes are made and I can provide a second round of thoughts :)

April 28, 2023 3:35 p.m.

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