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Commander / EDH* Aggro BR (Rakdos) Casual Combo Demons Theme/Gimmick

Church_of_Rakdos

Creature (20)

• 1x Abhorrent Overlord
• 1x Anger
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Blood Speaker
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hellcarver Demon
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Rakdos, the Showstopper
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Treasonous Ogre

Artifact (10)

• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Rakdos Locket
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (38)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Dunes of the Dead
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Lake of the Dead
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Shadowblood Ridge
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (9)

• 1x Burnt Offering
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Mages' Contest
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Savage Beating

Commander (1)

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Death Cloud
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Infernal Contract
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Pox
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Repay in Kind
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Heartless Summoning
• 1x Liliana's Contract
• 1x Mass Hysteria
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x War's Toll

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Creature (4)

• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Tilonalli's Summoner

Artifact (1)

• 1x Assault Suit

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Game Plan

Rakdos will punish you for any work you make him do. I decided to embrace the fact that I'm never going to really have permanents with Rakdos. My game plan is to either combo out with Morality Shift , Doomsday or hate other players out of the game and turn demons sideways. If I am going to suffer im going to make you suffer with me.

It is necessary to be able to control the board to allow your demons to get through and to make sure you can keep your opponet's tempo around yours. Board wipes (i.e.; Damnation , Toxic Deluge , Blasphemous Act , Black Sun's Zenith , etc.), mass land destruction (i.e.; Keldon Firebombers , Wildfire , Death Cloud ), Sacrifice effects Curse of the Cabal , Pox , Death Cloud , Malfegor , Living Death , etc.) will enable you to get Rakdos and your other fatties through.

If your meta sees a lot of Avacyn, Angel of Hope type cards use Malfegor , Hour of Devastation and Black Sun's Zenith .

Win Condition

Combo Show

The Church of Rakdos punishes its children equally

Doomsday combos are very viable here (i.e.; attacking with Hellcarver Demon and winning with something like Lich + Repay in Kind , etc.) I choose to combine mine with Hellcarver Demon and try to do something with From the dark realms + Final Fortune + World at War + Mob Rule or whatever I believe at that time to secure my victory.

Possibility Storm Is amazing to help you get off Past in Flames combos since we will not be using those from our hand.

Morality Shift +

Songs of the Damned + Past in Flames + Living Death At this point Gray Merchant of Asphodel should win me the game after I kill my Abyssal Persecutor

OR

Exsanguinate

It isn't a bad idea to use Ill-Gotten Gains to get back your mana producing spells (i.e.; Dark Ritual , Songs of the Damned , Burnt Offering , etc.)

OR

hellcarver shenanigans

Combat Show

Watch For That Look On Their Face

First things first we need to find a way to protect rakdos whether that be protection, Possibility Storm or forcing them to discard their hand with something such as Mindslicer or Sire Of Insanity .

If you use Blade of Selves you can go for combat tricks such as Master of Cruelties , Lord of the Void , Hellcarver Demon (looking for doomsday), or even a Helm of the Host clone of other such as our lord and savior Rakdos the Defiler . Include some other demons with strong etb such as Overseer of the Damned , Rune-Scarred Demon , Abhorrent Overlord , etc.

Rage Reflection makes our demons that much more threatening and allows them to compete with other game ending threats

Rise from the dark realms can end games out of no where

Demons + Savage Beating

Board wipes (i.e.; Damnation , Toxic Deluge , Blasphemous Act , black sun's zenith, etc.) and hasty demons to snipe people out of the game

Attrition Show

Attrition

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You can play rakdos with the intent to put out your fatties and then destroy lands with cards such as Pox , Death Cloud , Wildfire , Wake of Destruction , Ruination , Curse of the Cabal , Decree of Annihilation , etc. If you intend to do this I recommend running It That Betrays and expect to be hated out of most games. Blood Moon can also be very solid because we will be running so many other mana sources.

Sire of Sanity and Mindslicer are all stars when it comes to forcing everyone into draw go mode

You can also try rakdos with things such as Assault Suit and something that forces creatures to attack such as Avatar of Slaughter , Disrupt Decorum , War's Toll but it is too hard to set up in my opinion.

Possibility Storm works really well for us since we can still cast our commander. With only six lands and possibility storm it buys us enough time to kill one person. Even turn smaller things such as Final Fortune into something like Doomsday or even rise from the dark realm.

It also makes it much more to respond to Past in Flames , Doomsday , etc.

Other cards like Etali, Primal Surge, Sunbird's Invocation , Past in Flames , Hellcarver Demon , Lord of the Void , Chandra,torch of defiance make it really easy to play around.

Alternative Art

Notes: Show

This guy inspired me a bit with the deck:

silent abyss's deck: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/better-to-reign-in-hell/?cat=type&sort=

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.77
Tokens	Copy Clone, Harpy 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	121196, Commander, Commander