BR Rakdos Commanders

Rakdos (Black/Red) EDH Commanders

145 legal commanders. Pick one and build a deck with AI, or browse the full list below.

Playing Rakdos in Commander

Rakdos is the color pair of aggression, sacrifice, and reckless advantage. Black's willingness to pay any cost meets red's desire to act first and ask questions later. In Commander, this translates into explosive decks that generate massive bursts of mana and cards by sacrificing permanents, dealing damage to everyone (including yourself), and turning chaos into advantage.

Key Rakdos archetypes include aristocrats (sacrifice outlets plus death triggers for value), treasure-based strategies (Rakdos generates more treasure tokens than any other pair), demon/devil tribal, madness and discard synergies, and group-slug (hurt everyone at the table equally, but build your deck to benefit from the pain). Commanders in Rakdos are often aggressively costed with powerful attack triggers or sacrifice payoffs.

Rakdos excels at destroying creatures, generating fast mana through treasures, and closing games quickly. Its weakness is the same as both its colors individually — artifacts and enchantments are hard to remove. Cards like Chaos Warp, Feed the Swarm, and Scour from Existence help, but Rakdos fundamentally wants to race past problems rather than answer them cleanly. If an enchantment-based combo deck sits down across from you, plan to kill them before it matters.

All Rakdos Commanders

145 total

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Akul the Unrepentant

Legendary Creature — Scorpion Dragon Rogue

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Rakdos (Black/Red) EDH Commanders

Playing Rakdos in Commander

All Rakdos Commanders

Akul the Unrepentant

Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate

Anje Falkenrath

Anje, Maid of Dishonor

Ares, God of War

Arno Dorian

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar

Axelrod Gunnarson

Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen

Barktooth Warbeard

Black Waltz No. 3

Bladewing the Risen

Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant

Blim, Comedic Genius

Bolg of the North

Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning

Boris Devilboon

Bullseye, Death Dealer

Carnage, Crimson Chaos

Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Deadpool, Trading Card

Dragonlord Kolaghan

Ellie, Vengeful Hunter

Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder

Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch

Far Fortune, End Boss

Fire Lord Ozai

Flamewar, Brash Veteran // Flamewar, Streetwise Operative

Florian, Voldaren Scion

Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless

Garna, Bloodfist of Keld

Garna, the Bloodflame

Gev, Scaled Scorch

Gowron, Eager for Battle

Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted

Green Goblin, Nemesis

Green Goblin, Revenant

Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

Greven, Predator Captain

Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie

Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos

Imskir Iron-Eater

Ingris Stingerquill

Judith, Carnage Connoisseur

Judith, the Scourge Diva

Juri, Master of the Revue

Kaervek the Merciless

Kalain, Reclusive Painter

Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

Kardur, Doomscourge

Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood

Kefka, Dancing Mad

Kellogg, Dangerous Mind

Kethek, Crucible Goliath

Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

L'Rell, Fierce Visionary

Lady Orca

Lagomos, Hand of Hatred

Laughing Jasper Flint

Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace

Locke, Treasure Hunter

Lucius the Eternal

Lyzolda, the Blood Witch

Madame Hydra

Magar of the Magic Strings

Mahadi, Emporium Master

Malfegor

Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain

Mishra, Claimed by Gix

Mishra, Lost to Phyrexia

Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa

Mogis, God of Slaughter

Monoxa, Midway Manager

Neheb, the Worthy

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin