Rakdos Riot

by bloodinmykhorneflakes on 02 September 2013

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Deck Description

tempo deck using mostly Rakdos.

How to Play

Be aggressive and attack with reckless abandon.
Burn, Bleed, Enjoy.

Deck Tags

  • Rakdos
  • Aggro
  • Tempo

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Rakdos Riot

This deck is pretty good, are you hoping to keep it with Standard or you don't completely care?

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 02:49

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I want to keep it standard

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 02:50

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And I suspect you won't be blocking much if your unleashing alot? Right lol?

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 02:52

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I dont believe in blocking.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 02:53

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Alright, here is some cards I did a little looking into. Carnage Gladiator, if you are not blocking, might as well let your opponent feel some pain for blocking.
Instead of Ultamate Price, it would be better putting in 2 Dreadbores, it can kill any creature, and even planeswalkers, which can be game changing at times.
Rakdos Shred-Freak, it may not have Unleash, but a 2/2 for 2 red or black mana with haste is always nice in an aggressive deck. Or you can go with Spike Jester, it's same mana cost but a 3/1.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 02:55

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I dabbled with Shredfreak and Spike Jester. I ended up replacing them both with Legion Loyalist. I'll try to see if I can make room for Carnage Gladiator.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 02:58

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Id like to add in the 2 dreadbores but it would unbalance the red/black mana distribution in the deck. Also its a sorcery instead of an instance. It also has a very strict mana cost of 1black/1red. Overall ultimate price is a bit more flexible even though its target is a bit more specific. I'd like to fit in Dreadbore but I'd be losing an instant removal.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 03:01

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This ALMOST seems like my deck with some slight alterations.......
bloodinmykhorneflakes, have you been on MY Rakdos deck before?

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 02:56

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I remember u told me to replace my deviant glees with madcap skills. So I tried to balance your suggestion out while keeping the cheap deviant glees in my deck. But besides that, I guess great minds think alike. :)

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 03:03

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It's now starting to look different but I like the way you think there....
+1 rep for the "great minds" reference!

Beware the increasing CMC though

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 04:39

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CMC?
whats cmc?

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 06:23

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Converted Mana Cost!
Look at the Deck at a Glance section, the Mana Curve describes how your deck is going to cost you in mana. It even has the count of cards with the CMCs of all amounts used
At the moment, you Mana Curve is looking pretty good for Rakdos, but maybe a bit slow

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 23:41

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turn 5 or 6, I can get rakdos out, and all my creatures are basically 1-2 mana. This deck could potentially have 20ish monster cards for 1 mana.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:52

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traded a thrill-kill and a gore-house for 2 carnage gladiators. Lost some early game but I think this gives the deck some more options later on.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 03:10

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would it be a good idea to get rid of the 2 rakdos's return for 2 havoc festivals?

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 03:12

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Havoc Festival is nice in this deck yes, but, I think a better choice would be Curse Of Bloodletting, if you don't mind it becoming not standard soon. It's a card I use in my own Rakdos deck and it has won me many games.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 03:17

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Mmm no sorry. But nice suggestion though. I think I'll go ahead and replace rakdos's return with havoc festival. Havoc festival combo'd with Rakdos himself basically means I can play him at any time and I can summon any creature for 2 or less mana.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 03:24

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Can I get more feedback on this?

Rakdos's Return vs Havoc Festival.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 04:31

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Rakdos return, if you think about it, you'll do about... 4-6 damage in a quick game and discard the other players hand, which by then could only be 1-2 cards. Havoc Festival if played on your turn, will cut the opponants life in half on their turn, then once it's back to your own turn, you should be able to get the kill possibly.

So to sum it up, yes, Havoc Festival.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 16:14

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But its very hard to get out...At the very least its turn 7 I get it out. While Rakdos's return I can do a quick burn for 2 damage at turn 4 or 5 damage at turn 7 which could mean a win. This is a speed aggro deck of course.

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Posted 02 September 2013 at 23:55

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Alright, I'm going to do some research, you want something that deals damage in particular or perhaps an Enchantment?

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:13

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Five Alarm Fire is a fun damage dealing enchantment
There is also Curse of Bloodletting, or Curse of Stalked Prey

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:20

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Alright, did a bit of looking, maybe these cards can help.
Awaken The Ancient, turns a mountain into a 7/7 with haste, could help get the win.
Sinister Possesion, Makes something lose life for attacks/blocks.
Showstopper, play it if you know you are about to lose alot of creatures to deal alot of damage.
And last card would be Skullcrack, pretty much an easy damage card, but it also stops life gain and prevention of damage for the turn.

Just to give a couple choices and ideas.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:32

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Awaken the Ancient doesn't have trample and witha 7/7 in Rakdos, I'd want it to
As for Showstopper and Skullcrack, they're great options

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:36

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Showstopper especially, if the other player has a field clearing card, play it and kill them with their own card pretty much.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:39

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I have more use for Skullcrack though

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:45

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It can find use in nearly any red deck, it's like a Searing Spear with extra kick.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:47

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showstopper might be nice. This deck lacks anything to deal with boardsweepers or a boardsweeper of its own.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 00:47

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Most Rakdos decks do!
Take mine for example, all mine is based around is Attacking // Rarely Blocking
I unleash almost every creature that I have that has the ability. Then I just attack and TRY to annihilate my opponent

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 01:55

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Mines more like a Swiss Army knife version of a Rakdos deck, it has alot of aggression, but also a decent amount of controling aspects and things to mess with people.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 02:01

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Mines more about suicidal aggression.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 03:54

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For the Rakdos, "suicidal charge" and "good showmanship" are one and the same.

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Posted 09 September 2013 at 01:58

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took out 1 rakdos's return for a Mizzium Mortars. Its going to be for boardsweeping.
Took out 3 of my gore-house chainwalkers and replaced them with 3 firefist strikers.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 04:19

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took out the 2 diabolic tutors for 2 desecration demons. Special thx to S0rin.

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Posted 03 September 2013 at 04:22

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im not sure if i should swap out 4 shocks for 4 muggings. I need more cards that stop the enemy player from blocking but at the same time I need decent burn spells.

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Posted 07 September 2013 at 10:41

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You could have 2 shocks and 2 Muggings, have access to both.

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Posted 07 September 2013 at 13:59

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swapped out the deviant glee for a doom blade.

which is better? doom blade or ultimate price?

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Posted 08 September 2013 at 08:17

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Doom blade kills everything but Black, and Ultimate Price kills anything Mono colored. You would probably be less limited with the Doom Blade, but perhaps having 2 of both can keep you a bit flexible with situations.

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Posted 08 September 2013 at 13:25

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too unfocused. Doom blade sounds like the better choice. And anything it cant handle Dreadbore can.

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Posted 09 September 2013 at 02:47

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That is true, and considering the Ravnica Block and Theros seems to have some powerful multi colored creatures, Doomblade would be useful.

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Posted 09 September 2013 at 22:41

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Updated the How-To-Play section and finished the Sideboard.

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Posted 11 September 2013 at 11:09

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I tagged this deck with Aggro AND suicide for a Rakdos deck. Why am I not getting more upvotes? lol

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Posted 11 September 2013 at 11:14

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Join the club......
I never get upvotes no matter how good my comments may be

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Posted 11 September 2013 at 23:05

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I'll help, TO THE UPVOTING!

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Posted 11 September 2013 at 23:48

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[chorus of voices] TO THE UPVOTING!!!!

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Posted 12 September 2013 at 00:03

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-Symphony followed by guitar solo-

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Posted 12 September 2013 at 00:17

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Composed by Jimi Hendrix, of course

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Posted 12 September 2013 at 00:56

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I was thinking Tuomas Saukkonen

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Posted 12 September 2013 at 01:05

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im really torn because Id like to add Mizzium mortars into the main deck but Id upset the mana balance if I switched it out for anything besides the 4 shocks. If i switch out the shocks I lose 4 direct damage worth of spells.

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Posted 12 September 2013 at 07:31

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Shock is useless in this deck.
Replaced them with Mizzium Mortars and upgrades the other 2 shocks with Skullcrack

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Posted 14 September 2013 at 02:58

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actually I dropped 1 shock for 1 mizzium mortars for end-game potential.

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Posted 14 September 2013 at 04:04

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dropped 2 thrilkills since exava isnt the centrepiece of this deck anymore and added in 2 spike jesters for haste.

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Posted 14 September 2013 at 04:30

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I'd drop your last shred-freak for another juster as well
Just to be safe

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Posted 17 September 2013 at 01:49

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Ive playtested this deck and Ive realized its too slow for what its supposed to be. Im making a new deck. This deck is dead. But I'll keep it so I can look back on it someday and see how to rework it when Im better at Magic.

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Posted 18 September 2013 at 02:42

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Anyone got a good substitute for Sire of Insanity to help speed up my deck?

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Posted 29 September 2013 at 10:30

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http://www.mtgvault.com/s0rinmark0v/decks/s0rinmark0v-read-description/
Take a look!

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Posted 10 October 2013 at 01:20

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