Dark Alley w/ Mr. Rakdos and His Eldrazi

Commander / EDH EventuallyClassy

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Guilds of Ravnica update —Oct. 5, 2018

-Nettle Drone

With only one toughness, it is just to easy to kill it, before the tap ability can become effective

+Vicious Rumors

Starts with the ping, then just keeps the utility going, big plus side in this deck

Thanks, TheBooman, I am just feeling that the upside to that card takes some time to get to, and it ends up being a little out of the theme of the deck. It isnt a bad card, the melding interaction looks entertaining, but I dont really see it finding its way in. If you can find a way to make it bigger threat, or you can convince me on a card that needs to come out to make room for it, then we can talk. Thanks for reading that deck, and for the suggestion. Viva la Rakdos!

March 4, 2018 11:51 p.m.

GhostChieftain says... #2

Any thoughts on Cloudstone Curio? You can get infinite etbs with your eldrazi or artifact creatures.

March 21, 2018 6:45 p.m.

GhostChieftain says... #3

Scratch that... just the eldrazi

March 21, 2018 6:46 p.m.

Ive had many thoughts about Cloudstone Curio. I love the card, it is gross in this deck. It was actually in the deck, in an earlier build. If you get a couple of Ulamogs out there, and you can exile / destroy everything on the battlefield. Unfortunately, this particular build is trying to stay away from infinite combos, and that is the only reason it got removed from the deck. Ultimately, I believe I settled on Thorn of Amethyst, as its replacement. It is definitely a card that can go back in to the deck for tournaments or sideboard against another more powerful deck, in casual play. I have also got some pressure from a friend, to put that card back 8n the deck.

Thanks for reading, and suggesting, luther. If it ends up going back in, on a more permanent basis, Ill give yah a shoutout.

March 21, 2018 7:07 p.m.

kdmurphy001 says... #5

Not sure how I feel about Kaervek the Merciless. He's an asshole for sure but not sure he's a big enough asshole for Rakdos.

Not sure what to put in it's place but cheap tutors like Imperial Seal and Grim Tutor would be a good fit I'd think.

April 24, 2018 8:24 p.m.

OZENOZENOZEN says... #6

Have you considered a [Disciple of Bolas]? The card draw potential is insane especially when you use it on massive x costing cards like [Endless One]. Even just saccing one of your big normal guys is usually worth the 4 or 5 or 6 etc etc more guys you get out of it and the lifegain is just icing on the cake! My favourite way is using it one more time by casting [Artisan of Kozilek] and saccing the artisan to the disciple of bolas it just revived for 11 more cards if no bigger targets exist. Apologies if card linking is wrong i'm new to the site.

August 20, 2018 7:52 p.m.

Thanks for the suggestions, OZENOZENOZEN (no worries about the card-link)

Disciple of Bolas was in a previous build, but he came out for cards like Dragon Mage and Knollspine Dragon. The problem came from having creatures I just didn’t want to sacrifice. This is also why I removed Sidisi, Undead Visier.

Endless One gets huge in this deck, but that’s all, just huge. I ended up needing more than just huge. So, Walking Ballista took its spot.

I know the combo between those two cards is massive, I just ended up happier with cards like Dragon Mage+Void Winnower or Knollspine Dragon+Walking Ballista.

August 24, 2018 11:38 p.m.