Play Rakdos. Do Crimes.

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Burn Red Deck Wins Spellslinger

MrXilas

Instant (22)

• 1x Armor of Shadows
• 1x Bladebrand
• 1x Breath of Malfegor
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crimson Wisps
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Electrickery
• 1x Flick a Coin
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Invoke Calamity
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Lightning Strike
• 1x Lunar Frenzy
• 1x Magma Jet
• 1x Punishing Fire
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Searing Blood
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Warhost's Frenzy
• 1x You Are Already Dead

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Hope's Beacon

Creature (20)

• 1x Electrostatic Infantry
• 1x Gisa, the Hellraiser
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
• 1x Kessig Flamebreather
• 1x Magda, the Hoardmaster
• 1x Manaform Hellkite
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Obosh, the Preypiercer
• 1x Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip
• 1x Pestilent Spirit
• 1x Phoenix Chick
• 1x Sedgemoor Witch
• 1x Slickshot Show-Off
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 1x Young Pyromancer
• 1x Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x End the Festivities
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Flame Slash
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Surge to Victory

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Jagged Barrens
• 11x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Riveteers Overlook
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x War Room

Enchantment (4)

• 1x At Knifepoint
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Fiery Inscription
• 1x Quest for Pure Flame

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Maybeboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Dual Strike
• 1x Fall of the Hammer
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Spawning Breath
• 1x Unlikely Aid
• 1x Village Rites

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra Nalaar

Creature (5)

• 1x Bloodfeather Phoenix
• 1x Gisa, the Hellraiser
• 1x Kessig Flamebreather
• 1x Monastery Swiftspear
• 1x Toshiro Umezawa

Land (2)

• 1x Hall of Oracles
• 1x Sunscorched Desert

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Brimstone Roundup
• 1x Goblin War Drums
• 1x Impact Tremors

Artifact (2)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Sol Ring

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Soul Exchange

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Just wanted to share my first attempt at a Rakdos and non-creature heavy deck. I'm always looking for input, but it didn't feel right calling it a deck help thread because I'm pretty set on this list at the moment.

Wanted to make a Tor Wauki deck since he was spoiled back in 'aught 22. This is what I came up with. I tried to keep it budget and use what I had lying around. I also kind of a had a decent chunk of the list done before most of OTJ dropped, resulting in less crime pay offs than I wanted. The deck's main wincons are Surge to Victory and maybe using Pestilent Spirit and Judith, Carnage Connoisseur to wipe opponents creatures with their death touch effects. Other win cons include Ojer Axonil related shenanigans combined with infect. I'm thinking of cutting Kessig Flamebreather for Rattleback Apothecary mostly because it has been a terror to find. I've been waiting two weeks for a set of them to arrive, my LGS has none, and I used three packs worth of credit trying to get one.

Combos/Synergy:

Goblin Sharpshooter + Basilisk Collar or Bladebrand to wipe whole boards.

Ojer Axonil + Pretty much anything under 4 power, including the 2 damage done by the commander

Any kind of Mass Deathtouch + Mass Damage

Future Upgrades:

Gisa, the Hellraiser - Seems like a no brainer. It's just hard to make cuts because a lot of these are cards I've wanted to use for a long time. Stuff keeps getting crept out and it hurts the Timmy in me.

Elemental Eruption - More new hotness and seems like a fun late game surprise, but the lack of targeting means it might not be an ideal fit for the deck.

More interactive lands. Crimes are not limited to spells, so having instant speed access to crimes without wasting a spell would be great. It's only targeting. Candidates include Flamekin Village , Hanweir Garrison
      , and Hall of Oracles . They would most likely replace Sulfurous Mire.

Phonenix Chick --> Bloodfeather Phoenix . I know the Phoenix Chick isn't ideal. But it's cute. It's got chutzpah and I want to do crimes with it.

Master of Cruelties - It's a no brainer, but I was pretty deep in the list when I remembered it existed.

Date added	1 month
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.75
Tokens	Dragon Illusion */* R, Elemental 1/1 R, Imp 2/2 R, Mercenary 1/1 R, Pest 1/1 BG, Scorpion Dragon 4/4 R, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure, Zombie Rogue 2/2 UB