I think i've got Rakdos devoid at a place i'm happy with, here's where I've ended up:

1 CMC
4x Sludge Crawler

2 CMC
4x Culling Drone
3x Forerunner of Slaughter
2x Processor Assault

3 CMC
3x Nettle Drone
2x Wasteland Strangler
3x Vile Aggregate
2x Dominator drone
2x Exquisite Firecraft
4x Touch of the Void

4CMC
2x Vestige of emrakul
1x Akoum Firebird
2x Dust Stalker

5CMC
1x Barrage Tyrant
2x Blight herder

Lands
9 Mountains
10 Swamps
2x Smoldering Marsh
2x Dragonskull summit

Pretty simple game plan with this deck, just beat them down as fast as possible and when it looks like they've stabilised start throwing the metric ****ton of burn/haste at them to finish them off. I think unless you get a dream start (easily possible though, forerunner giving everything haste can make your opponent sad pretty quickly) the creatures themselves probably aren't going to be able to finish the games by themselves before a board wipe, but with all the removal we're packing they usually get enough damage through where 2 haste/burn spells will do the job.
Not entirely sold on Barrage tyrant, he fits the theme of being able to go to the face, but takes a turn to come online usually and can't sac himself. Thoughts?

I don't much like touch of the void 3 mana for 3 damage doesn't exactly get my panties wet

It works pretty well here just for it's versatility, 3 damage to face can win games, and it can take out blockers as well. The exile is pretty important as well, i've killed creatures just to turn Blight Herder online and make Vile Aggregate massive.

what cards get your panties wet?

gideon

He looks like a rodent.

Proof she's legally blind.

not his looks

if it was looks it'd totally be nissa

gideon is just the best card in the game

Ulamog > Gideon

I'm sorry has ulamog won me a game on turn 6? nope

gideon has, multiple times

I leik Jace *hateful replies incoming*

Hey Nighthawk, I like the looks of this build, I will definitely try it out.

I can see that you have ditched Abomination, which is probably the right move. Abomination is a nonbo with Dust Stalker. I really like Blight Herder here, very good synergy with Vile Aggregate. I also like Touch of the Void here: synergy with your processors and with Nettle Drone.

I see that Complete Disregard has been, um, disregarded here. I guess something had to go.

I was about to say Kryder ftw (his post is ep1c), but then I noticed Bassoon mentioned Nissa.


Can u elaborate on that please?? And does it have anything to do with your earlier statement?

All my post are epic.

How so? I'm not disputing you.. I just wanna hear you describe it.

Here's my Rakdos Aggro list I'm having fun with against the AI, so far went undefeated, which is the 1st test. I still have to take it online, hope it does well ;-)

4 x Sludge Crawler
3 x Goblin Glory Chaser
3 x Forerunner of Slaughter
3 x Call of the Full Moon
4 x Infectious Bloodlust
2 x Wasteland Strangler
4 x Dominator Drone
1 x Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
3 x Firemantle Mage
3 x Vile Aggregate
2 x Exquisite Firecraft
1 x Akoum Firebird
1 x Avaricious Dragon
2 x Dust Stalker
10 x Swamp
10 x Mountain
2 x Smoldering Marsh
2 x Dragonskull Summit


The deck combines some strong plays of Mono Red with the value of the new RB Eldrazi. So far Firemantle Mage is the best card as I'm able to do a lot of early pressure and then give all my creatures menace and just kill the opponent. I did manage some turn 4 kills with it :-)

The changes I might test, depending how the deck does is -1 Swamp, -1 Vile Aggregate or Chandra, -2 Wasteland Strangler, -1 Avaricious Dragon, +3 Thopter Engineer +2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar.

Hope you guys have fun with it!

Hey guys ! The Rakdos thread is about to fall down to page 2 so I thought i'd share the list i've been putting together :

3 x Goblin Glory Chaser
3 x Titan's Strength
3 x Perilous Myr
3 x Carrier Thrall
2 x Akoum Stonewaker
4 x Subterranean Scout
2 x Sigil of Valor
4 x Nantuko husk
3 x Thopter Engineer
1 x Akoum Firebird
2 x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
2 x Flameshadow Conjuring
2 x Traitorous Instinct
2 x Priest of the Blood Rite

7 x Swamp
8 x Mountain
2 x Smoldering Marsh
2 x Dragonskull Summit
3 x Rogue's Passage
2 x Mortuary Mire


Subterranean Scout is epic in this deck. Gives unblockable and +2/+2 to husk or +1/+1 to Sigil-equipped creature as soon as it enters the board. T2 on Goblin Glory chaser is fine as well.
Cards like Akoum Stonewaker, Thopter Engineer, Pia and Kiran Nalaar and Flameshadow Conjuring help recovering fast from sweeps.

I'm still not totally satisfied with the list, any suggestions ?

EDIT : went -2 Despoiler of Souls, -2 Shadows of the past, -1 Ob Nixilis Reignited and +3 Titan's Strength +1 Subterranean Scout +1 Traitorous Instinct

Anybody trying out the "steal and sacrifice" style in black/red since we got the BFZ cards? I've had a decent amount of success with it. Maybe not a tier 1 deck but I've won somewhere around 75% of my matches with it

A month later: from Tony Millionaire's Maakies.

Post the decklist bruh.