Dark Alley w/ Mr. Rakdos and His Eldrazi

Commander / EDH Aggro BR (Rakdos) Competitive Control Eldrazi Multiplayer

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Creature (35)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
• 1x Distended Mindbender
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Lobber Crew
• 1x Maga, Traitor to Mortals
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Nullstone Gargoyle
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Plague Spitter
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shepherd of Rot
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thermo-Alchemist
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vial Smasher the Fierce
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Walking Ballista

Land (36)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eye of Ugin
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Leechridden Swamp
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Piranha Marsh
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Gorge
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Retreat to Hagra

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (9)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Flame Rift
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Vicious Rumors
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Instant (4)

• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Price of Progress
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC

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Sideboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Seething Song

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Thoughtseize

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‘Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.’ -That was Winston Churchill, I’m betting that he would get along with Mr. Rakdos, Lord of Riots

This deck is kinda like that scene in Big Trouble in Little China, where they’re sitting in the truck, and a gang war appears out of nowhere. Riots of Eldrazi, show up, out of nowhere, all the time.

The thing about Mr. Rakdos, is that he works amazingly well, against 4-5 opponents, there's a lot of life for him to turn into colorless mana (to cast creatures with). Each update that I do, is an attempt to make this deck work faster, and maybe a little bit more Control, against 2-3 opponents.

Start with a poke to your oppnents, and turn it into casting giant Eldrazi, for free. Cause that damage before the combat phase, give your fatties haste, swing wide.

There are a lot of Rakdos builds that use 45-55+ creatures, whichis a pretty decent strategy. I just felt like there could be more. Instead of attacking and using that damage to just throw out a lot of creatures, why not throw out a lot of huge creatures with out having to rely on combat damage, give them haste, then surround them with a bunch of burn and lots of ways to draw cards. Splash some black and red control, to ensure the victory.

I wanted more Eldrazi interaction than Artifacts, simply because it's more fun to me to have all the Eldrazi Titans (that are legal in Commander) together, in one deck. Imagine Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger holding hands with Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre! And, Kozilek, the Great Distortion holding hands with Kozilek, Butcher of Truth!! And, Emrakul, the Promised End's weird-ass tentacle things, holding hands with all of them, together?!? Awwww, it's enough to make some Eldrazi mom proud. (Single tear)

Steps to victory:

1) Poke

2) Cast Mr. Rakdos

3) Use Mr. Rakdos

4a) Keep dropping fat fatty fat Eldrazi on the battlefield, for free, because of Mr. Rakdos

4b) Control the board with utility, for cheap, because of Mr. Rakdos

5) Refill your hand, go back to step 4a.

6) Your opponents are on the wrong side of a riot.......they can suck it.

There are 19 cards to cause loss of life, without having to get any combat through:

Vial Smasher the Fierce

Tree of Perdition

Exsanguinate

Dire Fleet Ravager

Leechridden Swamp

Vicious Rumors

Nettle Drone*

Plague Spitter

Thermo-Alchemist*

Piranha Marsh

Shivan Gorge

Palace Siege

Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Flame Rift

Kolaghan's Command

Cryptolith Fragment  *

Twilight Prophet

Price of Progress

Maga, Traitor to Mortals

There is an emphasis on 3 of them, look for them in your opening hand, or tutor for them early:

1) Lobber Crew (untaps when you cast Mr. Rakdos, and it's out of 'lightning bolt' range)

2) Thermo-Alchemist (untaps when you cast another damage spell)

3) Cryptolith Fragment   (with a Sol Ring or a Mana Crypt, it allows you to cast Mr. Rakdos on turn 3, and it survives creature-based board wipes. It never flips, or at least it hasn’t yet, but there’s really no need)

11 cards to help with card advantage:

Memory Jar: More cards for you to use, and cards for your opponents to throw away.

Sensei's Divining Top (allows you draw that card you just tutored for, put had to put it on top of your library)

Dragon Mage (refill your hand, and make your opponents dump their hand as well)

Necropotence (refill your hand)

Wheel of Fortune (refill your hand)

Magus of the Wheel (refill your hand)

Chandra, Torch of Defiance (Is the card on top of your library for damage to your opponents, or a useable spell? You choose)

Solemn Simulacrum (super utility, and usually gets cast for free)

Knollspine Dragon (soooo many cards)

Kozilek, the Great Distortion (refill your hand)

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (4 cards to the hand works out nicely)

Utility:

Any combination of Void Winnower + Nullstone Gargoyle + Sire Of Insanity = pretty solid board lock-down.

Sire Of Insanity- Truly one of the best control cards in the deck. There are enough cards in this deck that allow you to draw cards, replace your hand, or tutor for another card that lets you do both, so that you can still be able to launch riots, even when your discarding your hand, every turn. FYI, it does cause some people to scoop, from time to time.

Void Winnower- Another stand-alone control card. Removing half the cards your opponents can play, seems a little frustrating for them. And, as a bonus side effect, people get so distracted trying to keep track of what spells in their hand, they can and can not play. A true diamond of a card for those of you that are people-watchers at heart.

Nullstone Gargoyle- Who doesn’t like making their opponents waste spells. Again, this ends up becoming such a pyschological problem for some people. Keeping their mind focused on what spells to ditch, and when, rather than on the mountain of Eldrazi meat that is coming their way.

When triggered with Mr. Rakdos, Lord of Riots:

Dire Fleet Ravager + Maga, Traitor to Mortals = The game is over, for at least one opponent, in a 4+ pod.

Even though you get hit by cards like Cryptolith Fragment  , Flame Rift and Dire Fleet Ravager, etc..., you still end up with the advantage. Because of all the other abilities you have to deal damage, your opponents end up losing more than you. Plus, with the huge creature advantage, those cards help put life-totals within reach of one combat phase. Very powerful.

Dire Fleet Ravager + Neheb, the Eternal = boom. Throw Walking Ballista into that riot, and your opponents will have to drink their meals through straws.

Exsanguinate + Neheb, the Eternal = The possibilities are right around ‘holy-shit’ levels

Tree of Perdition has become one of my new favorite cards, in this deck. Being that it triggers with Mr. Rakdos, if a player has more than 13 life. So, the possibilities are pretty extreme....which is nice.

I started with 3 infinite combos in the deck:

Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker+Zealous Conscripts

mikeaus, the unhallowed+Triskelion

Sanguine Bond+Exquisite Blood

But, I have since, removed them. I'm trying to move towards this direction, without infinite combos.

Suggestions are very welcome. I am looking for ideas to make the deck faster, and/or good cards that deal damage to my opponents. Thanks for reading.

If you like discounts on sorceries and instants, check out one of my other deck called Maximum Discount, it is pretty powerful as well.

Thanks for the support and suggestions. +1 upvote, if you like the deck, don’t have to though.

Top Ranked	Achieved #12 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 1 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.61
Tokens	City's Blessing, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Folders	Sick EDH, Commander Ideas, Ideas for EDH, edh, Decks I wanna build, Dual Colored, Cool concepts, EDH, Interesting Commander Decks, Rakdos