Rakdos, My Lord

by s0rinmark0v on 10 December 2013

Main Deck (16 cards)

Sorceries (3)


Planeswalkers (2)

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Deck Description

I have a spare Rakdos, Lord of Riots at home and want to build a deck based around him. My main problem is that I don't really know what to use with Rakdos to cast him! The whole "An opponent must lose life this turn to cast Rakdos, Lord of Riots" has screwed me over a LOT

How to Play

Post a comment with your card choice below! I will look over the choice of card(s) and choose appropriate cards for the deck
I would like to at least try to keep it a standard deck

Deck Tags

  • Standard
  • Rakdos
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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Not Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Rakdos, My Lord

If you are not keeping it standard then I would recommend "Blightning."

You can also use any kind of "Pinger" like Vulshock Sorcerer that taps to do a damage to a player, there are several cards that do this.

You can run burn of any sort: Lightning Bolt, Shock….whatever you want.

"Bump in the Night"

Tons of options in Rakdos colors that will deal some damage to then get the demon out.

Hope this helps! (Oh, didn't see your note about keeping it standard)

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Posted 11 December 2013 at 00:05

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All I said was "LIKE to keep it standard"
I will drop it as low as modern legal only, though. No vintage/legacy

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Posted 11 December 2013 at 00:24

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Alright, let's see if I don't have to write a small story here. xD
Rakdos I feel would work in a suicide style deck. So full blown aggro. I think Unleash creatures will work good. Cacklers, Hellhole Flailers, and Exava herself could have fun here. Stick in removal, preferably the ones that deal damage so it can be shot at the player to cast Rakdos if needed. Some normal removal such as Doomblade and Ultimate price can be used in there. This deck could even have use of a Tymaret or two, to add some little tricks to combat and to find more ways to get damage in and even some drawing. A Chandra could find home, as she gives card advantage. Red battalion creatures can do some work in here and add more effectiveness in the combat.

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Posted 11 December 2013 at 00:42

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Just ask and I can toss in an actual list of cards relatively quick.

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Posted 11 December 2013 at 00:42

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I think that this would work in modern quite nicely
I like the whole Chandra thing that TheBear mentioned and the Blightning from Zombie23
I now have a basis! The description and deck tags will now be updated
Some of the typical Rakdos features will still be in here of course

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Posted 11 December 2013 at 01:00

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Well, I've already made a Modern Rakdos, it's what I play currently as well, one of my first real constructed decks.
http://www.mtgvault.com/thebear/decks/rakdos-modern/

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Posted 11 December 2013 at 01:09

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I typically use burn then Rakdos. I find it easier to do it that way. So cards like Shock, Lightning Bolt, Magma Jet, etc. Doom Blades would also probably help. That and Dreadbore. I am, personally, not the biggest fan of Bomber Corps. I might use Firefist Striker or Legion Loyalist instead. Or Tormented Hero + Pump. Just a few suggestions!

I heard you're a great control player and you like to help people build good control decks. Would you be able to look at my UW build? http://www.mtgvault.com/soltur/decks/bluewhite-azorius-control/

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Posted 03 April 2014 at 22:16

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Control is not my specialty. My Dimir mill would have to be the closest thing
I am more of an aggro player. And that includes infect

But I will take a look and thanks for your suggestions.
Also, Bomber Corps' Battaliion ability is great for Rakdos' casting, FYI

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Posted 04 April 2014 at 11:44

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You could also run Tormented Hero. Then pump 'im. Just a thought.

Could you look at http://www.mtgvault.com/soltur/decks/monogreen-devotion/ because I want to eventually go to tournament with that deck. Thankye.

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Posted 09 April 2014 at 00:50

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