Rakdos the Defiler - Death at any Cost

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Demons

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Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (11)

• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Final Fortune
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Sacrifice
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Songs of the Damned

Creature (22)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Abyssal Persecutor
• 1x Anger
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Defiler of Souls
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hellcarver Demon
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
• 1x Kuro, Pitlord
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Malfegor
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Master of the Feast
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 1x Rakdos the Defiler
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sire Of Insanity

Artifact (5)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Fervor
• 1x Lich
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Necropotence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Commander (1)

Sorcery (20)

• 1x Cruel Bargain
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Ill-Gotten Gains
• 1x Infernal Contract
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Pain's Reward
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Pox
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x World at War

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All credit for this deck goes to user Silenciao at the mtgsalvation.com forums.

I came across the deck list and wanted to play test it before picking up the pieces to adapt my Rakdos reanimator list helmed by Olivia, Mobilized for War. I find myself drawn to the devil may care, reckless aggression of the cult Rakdos and try to include the colors in my other decklists. When I saw this list and read Silenciao's breakdown of how the test games played out I knew I had found the deck that I needed to build next. All other projects and ideas fell to the back burner when I saw the Doomsday + Hellcarver Demon combo and the shear amount of insanity needed to pilot this list. Who needs lands, or life when you have demons to sacrifice the world to?

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	WUG
Key combos	Doomsday + Hellcarver Demon
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.88
Tokens	Harpy 1/1 B