Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Legendary Creature — Demon

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

Artifact

essential fast mana to accelerate your game plan

Artifact

reliable two-mana color fixing for Rakdos's strict pip requirements

Artifact

efficiently converts generic mana into black and red mana

Artifact

untapped two-mana rock that fixes colors and can deal damage to you in a pinch

Artifact

versatile low-cost mana rock

Artifact

provides colorless acceleration and preserves massive hands drawn from big creatures

Artifact // Creature — Eldrazi Reflection

taps for mana while pinging each player, effortlessly enabling Rakdos

Artifact

early acceleration that can cycle itself later in the game

Artifact

powers out commander setups and colorless requirements

Sorcery

efficient low-mana card advantage

Sorcery

digs four cards deep to find enablers or payoffs

Sorcery

draws two cards or can target an opponent for two damage to enable Rakdos

Sorcery

refills your hand while potentially causing immense opponent life loss

Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble

digs extraordinarily deep into the deck after large chunks of opponent life loss

Enchantment

either drains opponents for massive life based on high mana values or draws cards

Sorcery

generates explosive bursts of red mana and impulse draw

Enchantment

steady card draw each turn

Creature — Human Rogue

draws cards consistently as opponents lose creatures in combat or to sweepers

Sorcery

draws up to three cards for three mana

Sorcery

cheap board wipe that clears the way for Rakdos and big attackers

Sorcery

flexible low-mana wipe that bypasses indestructible

Instant

unconditional instant removal hitting creatures, artifacts, or planeswalkers

Instant

classic, unconditional creature destruction at instant speed

Instant

answers any permanent type including troublesome enchantments

Sorcery

essential black removal spell that can deal with enchantments

Instant

modular answer to artifacts, graveyards, or wide go-wide boards by dealing damage

Instant

efficient exile effect for problem creatures and planeswalkers

Sorcery

flexible spot artifact removal or a one-sided artifact wipe

Sorcery

efficient two-mana sorcery removal for creatures or planeswalkers

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi

exiles two permanents on cast and mills twenty cards on attack, frequently cast for zero to two mana

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi

refills your hand to seven cards on cast and provides on-board countermagic

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi

draws four cards on cast and features Annihilator 4 to dismantle opponents

Creature — Eldrazi

locks out half of all enemy spells and blocks while attacking for massive damage

Creature — Eldrazi

steals any permanent an opponent sacrifices via annihilator or removal

Creature — Eldrazi

reanimates a fallen threat upon cast and adds a massive annihilator body

Artifact Creature — Construct

destroys nonland permanents on cast and attack while carrying trample

Artifact Creature — Golem

frequently cast for free to destroy any target nonland permanent

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm

resilient deathtouch lifelink threat that leaves behind tokens upon death

Artifact Creature — Golem

flash threat with trample that easily drops for free and replaces itself if removed

Artifact Creature — Sphinx

refills your hand to match the opponent with the most cards, often for free

Creature — Dragon

draws cards equal to the damage dealt to an opponent this turn, refilling your hand completely

Legendary Creature — Demon

massive demon that offers targeted creature removal and extensive card draw

Creature — Demon

prevents opponent lifegain and doubles all damage dealt to opponents at each end step

Creature — Demon

large flying body that tutors any card directly to hand upon entering

Creature — Demon

triggers removal, hand disruption, and opponent burn whenever it attacks or dies

Creature — Demon

flying trampler that grants up to three consecutive combat steps in a single turn

Legendary Creature — Zombie Minotaur Warrior

turns life loss into an overwhelming amount of post-combat red mana

Artifact Creature — Construct

either draws three cards or deals massive damage given the deck's high average mana value

Creature — Demon

steals opponents' best creatures straight from their libraries upon combat damage

Creature — Dragon

gives all your creatures double strike until end of turn for lethal alpha strikes

Artifact Creature — Angel

colorless creature that prevents you from losing the game, easily cast for free

Artifact Creature — Dragon

repeatable one-sided board wipe attached to a flying evasive body

Creature — Dragon

dethrone dragon that grants extra combat phases to generate even deeper cost reduction

Creature — Goblin Warrior

one-mana creature that taps to damage all players, guaranteeing turn-three or turn-four Rakdos

Creature — Human Shaman

reliable tap-pinger that damages all opponents to turn on Rakdos

Creature — Eldrazi Drone

pings each opponent and repeatedly untaps as you cast colorless creature threats

Creature — Goblin Warrior

pings every opponent and untaps whenever you cast multicolored spells like Rakdos

Enchantment

guarantees every opponent loses life on upkeep while stopping lifegain

Enchantment

accelerates treasures while dealing exponential group damage to fuel huge discounts

Artifact — Equipment

protects Rakdos and grants immediate haste to swing and discount further spells

Artifact — Equipment

grants hexproof and haste to crucial attackers

Creature — Human Wizard

draws cards while burning opponents for massive life based on your high-cost threats

Land

No maximum hand size.

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

Land

Produces any color in your identity.

Land

Flexible multicolor fixing.

Land

Color fixing with scry on creature casts.

Land

Ramp from the mana base.

Land

Free graveyard hate on ETB.

Land

Mono-color utility land.

Land

Mono-color utility land.

Land

Nonbasic dual land for color fixing.

Land

Nonbasic dual land for color fixing.

Land

Dual land with scry.

Land — Swamp Mountain

Nonbasic dual land for color fixing.

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

Basic Land — Mountain

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.