Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots Commander Deck
The deck revolves around Rakdos, Lord of Riots, using pings, direct damage effects, and life loss triggers to both enable his casting condition and dramatically reduce the cost of massive creatures. Cards that deal damage to all opponents each turn — such as Heartless Hidetsugu, who halves each opponent's life total — can make enormous eldrazi and demons like Ulamog, the Defiler essentially free to cast, flooding the board with overwhelming threats. The deck wins by leveraging this cost-reduction engine to snowball an insurmountable board presence, backed by reanimation effects and extra combat spells that let the giant creatures close out the game quickly.
Decklist
- Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
- Sower of Discord
- Kaervek the Merciless
- Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
- Rakdos Signet
- Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
- Imp's Mischief
- Smoldering Marsh
- Rakdos Charm
- Bedevil
- Chaos Warp
- Bojuka Bog
- Blackcleave Cliffs
- Bonders' Enclave
- Command Tower
- Dragonskull Summit
- Exotic Orchard
- Foreboding Ruins
- Sulfurous Springs
- Tainted Peak
- Temple of Malice
- Stormfist Crusader
- Sol Ring
- Shadowblood Ridge
- Talisman of Indulgence
- Fellwar Stone
- Blasphemous Act
- Twilight Prophet
- Summon: Primal Odin
- Anger
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Demonic Counsel
- Lightning Bolt
- Archfiend of Depravity
- Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
- Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
- Scourge of the Throne
- Spear Spewer
- Sunspine Lynx
- Dark Ritual
- Infernal Grasp
- Screamer-Killer
- Shivan Gorge
- Generous Plunderer
- Keen Duelist
- Lobber Crew
- Bolt Bend
- Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
- Enduring Courage
- Burning-Rune Demon
- Feign Death
- Buried Alive
- Spawn of Mayhem
- Artisan of Kozilek
- Neheb, the Eternal
- Walking Ballista
- Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
- Vile Mutilator
- Arcane Signet
- Ancient Cellarspawn
- Rune-Scarred Demon
- Phyrexian Reclamation
- Ardyn, the Usurper
- Orca, Siege Demon
- Victimize
- Ulamog, the Defiler
- Phyrexian Arena
- Blood Crypt
- Bloodstained Mire
- Will of the Abzan
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
- Deadpool, Trading Card
- Living Death
- 8× Mountain
- Herald of Slaanesh
- Bloodthirster
- Heartless Hidetsugu
- 14× Swamp
- Lightning Greaves