Death or Mogis

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Casual

Veghelia

Main Meat (17)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Chandra, Awakened Inferno
• 1x Deathbringer Thoctar
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Loyal Subordinate
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Pain Distributor
• 1x Roiling Vortex
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Spiteful Prankster
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Ramp (11)

• 1x Altar of the Pantheon
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Recursion (3)

• 1x Exhume
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver

Lands (38)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 15x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God

Draw (12)

• 1x Allure of the Unknown
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Spiteful Visions
• 1x Stormfist Crusader

Commander (1)

Control (14)

• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Infernal Grasp
• 1x Invoke Despair
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Mire in Misery
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Smash to Smithereens
• 1x Untimely Malfunction
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Vona's Hunger
• 1x Wild Magic Surge

Support (4)

• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Feast on the Fallen
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

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Maybeboard

Control (2)

• 1x Bitter Triumph
• 1x Feed the Swarm

Recursion (1)

• 1x Infernal Offering

Ramp (2)

• 1x Bounty Board
• 1x Tempting Contract

Main Meat (1)

• 1x Sulfuric Vortex

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Why do I wanna make this deck?

I want a deck that speeds up the game. Doesn't matter who I'm facing: the game will be over in less time than it would otherwise take.

Obviously I also still want to win :P.

How do I reach that goal/want?

The game goes faster if people can take actions. If I give my opponents more cards, but not too many, it's easier for them to make the best decision, and since I "gave" them that card, they tend to view me in a favorable light, making them less likely to kill me first.

The game also goes faster if people's wincons are helped out. Partially this means a little bit of table politics, but also just chipping away at our opponents, since bringing your opponents to 0 life is the wincon of 98% of all decks.

It's important to look out for some potential pitfalls of this strategy, which really is a balance of Group Slug and Group Hug:

Pitfalls Group Slug:

• If you deal too much damage, people might paint you as the biggest threat, which like means they'll either stop you from speeding up the game, or kill you outright, stopping you from speeding up the game.
• If too many different actions cause players to take damage, it becomes harder to make decisions, not easier, slowing down the game.

Pitfalls Group Hug:

• If you give the other players too many cards and mana to work with, they can get lost in decision-making, prolonging the game unintentionally.
• The possibility exists that other players benefit more from extra resources than I do, meaning they will run away with the game. I still intend to win, so can't have that.

What do I need to do that?

1. Ways to give my opponents cards (preferably with a tiny tax attached to them).
2. Ways to give my opponents mana (with tax attached, no freebees).
3. Ways to slowly chip away at my opponents (besides the aforementioned tax effects).

Damage multipliers can also wreck havoc, both boosting my ticking, chip damage hit and making it easier for an opponent to take out another opponent with a big swing.

People don't tend to mind much when they take 1 or 2 damage when they draw a card, especially if you give them one or two more. Creatures dying is also a great resource, since creatures are gonna die regardless of what I do, and profiting of those deaths is really easy and (most of the time) accepted at the game table, so you don't draw too much ire from it.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	City's Blessing, Emblem Chandra, Awakened Inferno, Treasure
Folders	Commander/EDH (Paper)