Mazelord

After playing I realized I had accidentally created some infinite combos, which are illegal in my league. I have to replace any free sacrifice outlet with a different card, and all sac outlets need to have an associated cost to prevent infinity.

I agree Mogis would be a great commander for this deck if you already have it, but I still prefer Olivia ans she is just 1.25$ more. Also agree with Mazeroc's other comments.

What are the odds that both commenters on this deck would have such similar names?

Glad I could help, this is such a nice theme deck!

Thank you! I did use to have a few Geralf's Messengers in there but they gave way to Vengevines. Faithless Looting is the cornerstone of this deck, it gets Bloodghast and Vengevine in the graveyard to allow them to be cast for free while refilling my hand. To replay the Gravecrawlers I usually rely on Mutavault.

Nice suggestion; I think I may actually keep the Wurms and switch out the Young Wolves to add power to the deck. The Harvest Wurm also serves to retrieve lands sacrificed to Rogue Elephant or Scythe Tiger.

Thank you; any comments on the deck itself?

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Commander is a very nice formatr and it has been really blooming over the last five years, with the drawback that the price of the staples have gone up significantly. That being said it is not impossible to have a lot of fun while staying on budget.

Before I further comment on your deck, one of the very important aspects is if you intend to play this deck mostly in duels or in multiplayer games; do you already know?

Rakdos is my favourite guild, so extremely violent!

You have one too many cards in your deck; the 100 count should include your Commander.
You should consider making Olivia Voldaren your Commander; since most of your creature are low casting Cost, you do not really benefit from the Rakdos ability

A lot of cards you have selected seem weak to me in comparison with others; I will make suggestions for substitutions, but of course the important thing is that you enjoy your deck, so keep that in mind when reviewing my comments. Also I may recommend some cards that are too pricey for your budget if you don't own them because I am not checking all values beforehand, bu t I will try to include budget équivalents.

Artefacts:
Ring of Xathrid => Whispesilk Cloak
Infiltration Lens => Phyrexian Arena (Budget : Graveborn Muse)
Jayemdae Tome => Mind's Eye (Budget : Staff of Nin)

Juggernaut => Steel Hellkite

Creatures:
I think you should have more creatures in this deck and cut on the instants and sorceries. I see you are focusing on smaller creatures, ao I am keeping this in mind in my suggestions.
Vampire Nighthawk
Blazing Specter
Nekrataal
Order of Yawgmoth
Cinder Shade
Demigod of Revenge
Lightning Reaver
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

Maze Rusher => Ogre Battledriver
Morkrut Banshee => Malakir Bloodwitch

Enchantments
Blood Reckoning => No Mercy
Font of Ire => Relentless Assault

I have to go now but I will comment on Spells and Lands later.

Cheers!

Glad I could help, let me know how this deck is doing for you!

This is a deck I always wanted to make but never dared!

Lands:
Consider a Volrath Stronghold; if you have/can afford Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Cabal Coffers they would be nice additions.
Dragonskull Summit is cheap, and Tainted Peak too for mana fixing.

Spells:
If you can get your hands on a cheap version of Demonic Tutor (Angelic VS Demonic) to replace your Diabolic Tutor that would be an improvement.
Where is your mass removal? I would switch Sorin's Vengeance for your choice of Damnation, Decree of Pain or Black Sun's Zenith.
An Oblivion Stone would also be nice to get rid of annoying artefacts, enchantments and planeswalkers.

I would favor Oversold Cemetary over Urborg Uprising, you get more mileage out of it.
Why do you run Underworld Dreams? That seems very situational. Also not sure why you run Five-Alarm Fire and Warstorm Surge.
I would replace them with cards like Aggravated Assault, Phyrexian Arena and Liliana Vess (Assuming you don't have Liliana of the Veil available).

You have to lose Prototype Portal and Unwinding Clock; definitely not enough artifacts in your deck to make these worthwhile.
I would use Eldrazi Monument and Dolmen Gate. A Coat of Arms could be funny if you have one.

Hope this helps, enjoy this deck... for Eternity!!! Muhahahahaha.....

Tags are also useful, both for commenters and to sort through your own decks. That being said a 99 cards deck with one card in the sideboard is fairly obviously a Commander deck, in my own opinion. :)

Thank you, feel free to comment directly on the deck if something comes to mind, I would love your insight.

My goal was to have several possible combos, so it is not as efficient as a single combo deck but it is more resistant to combo hate.

Nice, fun and simple!

I don't usually like combo decks, but you made an effort to make this work. My only combo deck also uses Grinding Station as a possible win condition, take a look if you feel like it:
http://www.mtgvault.com/mazelord/decks/drone-cult/

Cheers,

Maybe Victim of Night would be better than Ultimate Price? Of course you need 2 black to cast it but against some decks Ultimate Price is a dead card.

I have a problem with decks that are entirely dependant on their Commander; what do you do if someone shuffles Talrand in your Library?

Another issue is the damage output; how will you ever manage to deal 40 (assuming no life gain) to one, let alone several opponents, relying only on the Drakes? It seems to me you need to consider adding a few key creatures to develop an actual kill from, like Pearl Lake Ancient that combos with your non-creature spells, Ixidron which doesn't nerf your drakes; Frost Titan and Inkwell Leviathan, LIghthouse Chronologist, Quicksilver Gargantuan are a few other ideas that seem to make sense in there.

Hope this helps!

Here is my first draft from the inspiration gou gave me, thank you!
http://www.mtgvault.com/mazelord/decks/drawing-your-last-breath/

Fun flyer deck! Almost makes me wish I had built that instead of mine:
http://www.mtgvault.com/mazelord/decks/frequent-flyers/

I do like what you are doing here, you may actually have inspired me for my next Commander!

However, I find that you are diluting your strategy by using discard/lose life when discard while you could optimize the lose life when draws aspect even more.

I would remove: Abyssal Nocturnus, Crosis, the Purger, Scythe Specter, Liliana's Caress, Megrim

You need to add Underworld Dreams to this deck, I would also consider Black Vise and Viseling; also add 2 more lands.

If you can get these cards from your Wishlist
I would add : Mikokoro, Jace Beleren, Dragon Mage, Kami of the Crescent Moon
If you are playing Multiplayer I would also replace some Mana Artifacts with Font of Mythos, Wheel of Fortune and Memory Jar
Not sure you need the rest

Hope this is helpful!

Agreed, 36 is a minimum

Not a bad idea! I love Deranged Hermit, abusing him used to be a favourite past-time of mine.

I defintely thin this deck needs:
Victimize : Sacrifice one Hermit or a Squirrel to bring 2 Hermits from Graveyard to play
Jarad's Orders : Put one Hermit in your hand and one in your graveyard; actually works better than Buried Alive with your Bloodbond March

Here are a few other cards you may want to consider:
Grisly Salvage: Dig for an Hermit
Defense of the Heart : Lets your opponents draw out the Hermit for you, dirextly into play.
Concordant Crossroads : Don't give them time to clear the board before you attack
Caller of the hunt
Kaysa

Other possibly fun stuff although less on-theme:
Eldrazi Monument
Coat of arms

Suggestions for cuts:
Nut Collectors (too expensive, too slow)
Grim Discovery : Feels greedy, if you sac lands into the Wrangler you should win, no need to get these back.
1x squirrel mob
2x Squirrel Nest
2x Chatter of the squirrel (at least, maybe lose them all)

Hope you drive your opponents completely nuts!

EDIT : I actually liked this concept so much I built my own version:
http://www.mtgvault.com/mazelord/decks/completely-nuts/

Thank you!