The Madhouse

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Madness

pbonnick

Creature (36)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Archfiend of Spite
• 1x Argentum Masticore
• 1x Asylum Visitor
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Blazing Rootwalla
• 1x Bloodhall Priest
• 1x Bloodmad Vampire
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Containment Construct
• 1x Gorgon Recluse
• 1x Grave Scrabbler
• 1x Hell Mongrel
• 1x Incorrigible Youths
• 1x Irencrag Pyromancer
• 1x Jaxis, the Troublemaker
• 1x Kami of Celebration
• 1x Kitchen Imp
• 1x Markov Baron
• 1x Moria Scavenger
• 1x Muck Drubb
• 1x Nalfeshnee
• 1x Necrogoyf
• 1x Nightshade Assassin
• 1x Prosper, Tome-Bound
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots *f-etch*
• 1x Reckless Wurm
• 1x Revolutionist
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend
• 1x Skophos Reaver
• 1x Squee, Goblin Nabob
• 1x Stromkirk Occultist
• 1x Surly Badgersaur
• 1x Twins of Maurer Estate
• 1x Voldaren Pariah  ^Flip
• 1x Wild-Magic Sorcerer

Land (37)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barad-dur
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Forebear's Blade
• 1x Heirloom Mirror  ^Flip
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phial of Galadriel
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (4)

• 1x Abandon Reason
• 1x Dark Withering
• 1x Fiery Temper
• 1x Violent Eruption

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Dying to Serve
• 1x Feast of Sanity
• 1x Gibbering Descent
• 1x Passionate Archaeologist
• 1x Senseless Rage
• 1x Stensia Masquerade
• 1x Strength of Lunacy
• 1x Tortured Existence

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Alchemist's Greeting
• 1x Avacyn's Judgment
• 1x From Under the Floorboards
• 1x Gisa's Bidding
• 1x Malevolent Whispers
• 1x Murderous Compulsion
• 1x Terminal Agony

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Sideboard

Creature (21)

• 1x Anje's Ravager
• 1x Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Chittering Witch
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Glint-Horn Buccaneer
• 1x Guul Draz Assassin
• 1x Guul Draz Overseer
• 1x Horror of the Broken Lands
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Old Flitterfang
• 1x Pack Rat
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Pitiless Vizier
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Rabble-Rouser
• 1x Rotting Regisaur
• 1x Ruthless Sniper
• 1x Sauron, the Lidless Eye
• 1x Westgate Regent
• 1x Wolf of Devil's Breach

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Biting Rain
• 1x Bone Shards
• 1x By Force
• 1x Call to the Netherworld
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Distemper of the Blood
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Psychotic Episode
• 1x Raven's Crime
• 1x Vandalblast

Instant (3)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Psychotic Haze
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (8)

• 1x Bag of Holding
• 1x Baton of Morale
• 1x Grimoire of the Dead
• 1x Mirror Shield
• 1x Null Brooch
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Zuran Orb

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Creeping Dread
• 1x Curse of Fool's Wisdom
• 1x Enchanter's Bane
• 1x Faith of the Devoted
• 1x Painful Quandary

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Maybeboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Corrupted Grafstone
• 1x Helm of Chatzuk
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x The Underworld Cookbook

Instant (1)

• 1x Pack Attack

Land (3)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Mortuary Mire

Creature (2)

• 1x Heir of Falkenrath  ^Flip
• 1x Urborg Syphon-Mage

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Madness is a complex ability to use, but can be awesome in the right circumstances. If you can discard a card at instant speed, than Madness becomes "Flash". Anje Falkenrath then adds the line "When you cast this spell for it's Madness cost, draw a card" to every Madness card. Essentially, if Anje is on the battlefield, then you can play the > 40 Madness cards in this deck at instant speed and they replace themselves in your hand. The card replacement is the key mechanic here: the win strategy is to cast more spells than your opponents so as to overrun your opponents with the variety of creatures and creature-removal spells that have Madness.

The deck becomes truly dangerous if you get 1 or 2 of the cards out that passively triggers when you discard or cast a Madness card: - Dying to Serve - Archfiend of Ifnir - Bone Miser - Feast of Sanity - Surly Badgersaur - Kami of Celebration - Wild-Magic Sorcerer - Nalfeshnee - Passionate Archaeologist

There are also several other "discard a card in exchange for something good" cards in this deck in case Anje is removed:

• Moria Scavenger (straight-up Anje replacement)
• Key to the City (and Underworld Cookbook) (Free, instant-speed discard)
• Gibbering Descent, Necrogoyf (and Creeping Dread) (drive all opponents toward top-decking)
• Argentum Masticore (super-useful permanent removal) and Rotting Regisaur "Now THAT'S a zombie!" (don't expect this to un-live long anyway)
• Jaxis, the Troublemaker (card advantage with a free attacking creature)
• Tortured Existence (discard to draw a creature card from your graveyard - it's still card advantage, but the card comes from your graveyard instead of library)
• Honourable mentions: Pack Rat, Cryptbreaker, Bag of Holding, Grimoire of the Dead, Wolf of Devil's Breach

I should mention that this deck was very cheap to buy the cards for, with the exceptions of the two tutors I happen to already own (you don't really need them anyway) and Passionate Archaeologist. You could also forgo Bone Miser, Nalfeshnee and Wild-Magic Sorcerer to make it even more ridiculously cheap. Just toss in some red artifact removal and Feed the Swarm, and away you go.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	9 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 4 Mythic Rares 33 - 18 Rares 23 - 15 Uncommons 19 - 10 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	3.68
Tokens	Copy Clone, Food, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Orc Army, Rat 1/1 B, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B