Art by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
Rakdos the Defiler
Legendary Creature — Demon
Flying, trample Whenever Rakdos attacks, sacrifice half the non-Demon permanents you control, rounded up. Whenever Rakdos deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices half the non-Demon permanents they control of their choice, rounded up.
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Most Played With Rakdos the Defiler (197)
Sol Ring
83% of decks · $1.38
Rakdos Signet
69% of decks · $0.34
Arcane Signet
68% of decks · $0.49
Talisman of Indulgence
51% of decks · $0.51
Archfiend of Depravity
46% of decks · $3.25
Liliana's Contract
45% of decks · $4.53
Bedevil
44% of decks · $0.29
Terminate
44% of decks · $0.34
Anger
43% of decks · $0.54
Kardur, Doomscourge
42% of decks · $3.66
Swiftfoot Boots
41% of decks
Rune-Scarred Demon
40% of decks · $1.38
Blasphemous Act
40% of decks · $0.88
Demonic Counsel
40% of decks · $2.40
Faithless Looting
39% of decks · $0.39
Master of Cruelties
39% of decks · $5.22
Reaper from the Abyss
39% of decks · $0.89
Chaos Warp
38% of decks
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
35% of decks · $5.03
Bloodgift Demon
35% of decks · $0.78
Black Market
32% of decks · $6.40
Overseer of the Damned
32% of decks · $0.40
Burnt Offering
32% of decks · $1.52
Mahadi, Emporium Master
31% of decks · $1.34
Archfiend of Despair
31% of decks · $2.83
Bloodthirster
31% of decks · $27.00
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
31% of decks · $5.20
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
31% of decks · $4.79
It That Betrays
31% of decks · $12.93
Demonic Tutor
30% of decks · $69.17
Solemn Simulacrum
29% of decks · $0.34
Feed the Swarm
29% of decks · $0.24
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
28% of decks · $0.47
Victimize
28% of decks · $1.34
Animate Dead
28% of decks · $7.00
Living Death
27% of decks · $6.62
Dreadbore
27% of decks · $0.94
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
27% of decks · $36.73
Vilis, Broker of Blood
27% of decks · $9.77
Indulgent Tormentor
27% of decks · $0.69
Sign in Blood
27% of decks · $2.74
Toxic Deluge
26% of decks · $5.17
Commander's Sphere
26% of decks · $0.34
Tergrid, God of Fright
25% of decks
Exhume
25% of decks · $6.93
Lord of the Void
25% of decks · $16.02
Seething Song
25% of decks · $11.52
Cabal Ritual
25% of decks
Mind Stone
25% of decks
Rakdos Joins Up
24% of decks · $0.50
Phyrexian Arena
24% of decks · $4.26
Ardyn, the Usurper
23% of decks · $1.49
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
22% of decks · $0.55
Deflecting Swat
22% of decks · $72.64
Crucible of Worlds
22% of decks · $33.00
The Reaver Cleaver
22% of decks · $30.11
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
21% of decks · $18.23
Balor
20% of decks · $4.49
Vandalblast
20% of decks · $1.70
Fellwar Stone
20% of decks
Black Market Connections
20% of decks · $10.47
Jeska's Will
19% of decks · $41.42
Dream Devourer
19% of decks · $1.21
Doom Whisperer
18% of decks · $6.49
Entomb
18% of decks · $18.29
Abyssal Harvester
18% of decks · $0.34
Malakir Rebirth
18% of decks
Read the Bones
18% of decks · $0.29
Rakdos Locket
18% of decks · $0.32
Desecration Demon
17% of decks · $0.22
Malfegor
17% of decks · $0.42
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
17% of decks · $0.37
Rakdos, the Muscle
17% of decks · $2.22
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
16% of decks · $3.90
Demonic Covenant
16% of decks · $0.31
Damnation
16% of decks · $21.01
Urza's Incubator
16% of decks · $20.18
Jet Medallion
16% of decks · $14.56
Havoc Festival
16% of decks · $0.41
Tibalt's Trickery
16% of decks · $10.50
Sacrifice
15% of decks
Assault Suit
15% of decks · $0.37
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
15% of decks · $0.34
Blood for the Blood God!
15% of decks · $8.41
Vampiric Tutor
15% of decks · $54.45
Juri, Master of the Revue
15% of decks · $0.28
Not of This World
15% of decks · $6.32
Whip of Erebos
15% of decks · $9.52
Buried Alive
14% of decks · $3.61
Thrill of Possibility
14% of decks · $0.29
Treasonous Ogre
14% of decks · $21.85
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
14% of decks · $1.53
Rakdos Keyrune
13% of decks · $0.22
Rakdos Cluestone
13% of decks · $0.18
Blood Artist
13% of decks · $3.84
Sower of Discord
13% of decks · $3.82
Wayfarer's Bauble
13% of decks · $5.61
Whispersilk Cloak
13% of decks · $2.22
Infernal Grasp
13% of decks · $0.33
Bolt Bend
13% of decks · $5.18
Rakdos's Return
13% of decks · $0.57
Abrade
12% of decks · $0.32
Bitter Reunion
12% of decks · $0.76
Deadly Rollick
12% of decks · $28.68
Wand of Orcus
12% of decks · $13.70
Gilded Lotus
12% of decks · $0.54
Delina, Wild Mage
12% of decks · $4.70
Incarnation Technique
12% of decks · $9.43
Repay in Kind
12% of decks · $3.68
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
11% of decks · $14.64
Orca, Siege Demon
11% of decks · $0.36
Burning-Rune Demon
11% of decks · $5.52
Night's Whisper
11% of decks · $6.25
Psychotic Fury
11% of decks · $0.89
Big Score
11% of decks · $0.41
Persist
11% of decks · $0.74
Songs of the Damned
11% of decks · $2.91
Abhorrent Overlord
11% of decks · $0.40
Plague Drone
11% of decks · $2.36
Diabolic Tutor
11% of decks · $2.21
Revel in Riches
11% of decks · $21.15
Spawn of Mayhem
10% of decks · $0.57
Cathartic Reunion
10% of decks · $0.27
Blasphemous Edict
10% of decks · $4.13
Wheel of Misfortune
10% of decks · $7.92
Rise of the Dark Realms
10% of decks · $6.49
Mass Hysteria
10% of decks · $3.62
Withering Torment
10% of decks · $1.58
Dread Return
10% of decks · $0.60
Herald's Horn
10% of decks · $5.82
Thran Dynamo
10% of decks · $4.43
Ancient Copper Dragon
9% of decks · $135.51
Go for the Throat
9% of decks · $0.62
Doomsday
9% of decks · $1.32
Wheel of Fortune
9% of decks
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
9% of decks
Fiery Emancipation
9% of decks · $13.60
Grave Pact
9% of decks · $30.52
Anthem of Rakdos
9% of decks · $0.71
The Balrog of Moria
9% of decks · $0.48
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Deadly Dispute
9% of decks · $0.26
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
9% of decks
The Speed Demon
9% of decks · $1.03
Pitiless Plunderer
9% of decks · $4.99
Agadeem's Awakening
9% of decks
Ichor Wellspring
8% of decks · $1.54
Mycosynth Wellspring
8% of decks · $0.38
Thought Vessel
8% of decks
Dictate of Erebos
8% of decks · $17.52
Mizzix's Mastery
8% of decks · $8.33
Worn Powerstone
8% of decks · $0.38
Heartless Summoning
8% of decks · $1.84
Savage Beating
8% of decks · $11.44
Mana Geyser
8% of decks · $1.24
Theater of Horrors
8% of decks · $0.31
Captive Audience
8% of decks · $3.83
Imp's Mischief
7% of decks · $9.14
Gamble
7% of decks · $18.85
Charcoal Diamond
7% of decks · $0.35
Fire Diamond
7% of decks · $0.39
The Fire Crystal
7% of decks · $6.26
Unexpected Windfall
7% of decks · $3.03
Bolas's Citadel
7% of decks · $16.17
Collective Inferno
7% of decks · $1.77
Ruby Medallion
7% of decks · $14.49
Fireshrieker
7% of decks · $0.22
Hedron Archive
7% of decks · $0.25
Descent into Avernus
7% of decks · $13.20
Séance Board
6% of decks · $3.17
Culling the Weak
6% of decks · $8.04
Supernatural Stamina
6% of decks · $0.21
Wrecking Ball
6% of decks · $0.36
Untimely Malfunction
6% of decks · $9.10
Valakut Awakening
6% of decks
Patriarch's Bidding
6% of decks · $3.70
Fervor
6% of decks · $5.16
Ob Nixilis Reignited
6% of decks · $0.40
Not Dead After All
5% of decks · $1.62
Pyretic Ritual
5% of decks · $6.89
Tragic Slip
5% of decks · $0.26
Reign of the Pit
5% of decks · $0.20
Disrupt Decorum
5% of decks · $4.34
Stitch Together
5% of decks · $1.44
Kindred Dominance
5% of decks · $4.94
Harmless Offering
5% of decks · $0.23
Prized Statue
5% of decks · $0.42
Decorum Dissertation
5% of decks · $5.28
Undying Evil
5% of decks · $0.40
Final Fortune
5% of decks · $18.26
Demonfire
5% of decks · $0.29
Tormenting Voice
5% of decks · $0.28
Rakdos Riteknife
5% of decks · $0.37
Ashnod's Altar
5% of decks · $16.88
Ripples of Undeath
5% of decks · $8.82
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
5% of decks · $0.73
The Darkness Crystal
5% of decks · $4.03
New Cards
Curse-Marred Demon
23% of decks · $0.67
Turbulent Crater
8% of decks · $2.61
Thrór's Map
4% of decks · $0.23
Supper for Spiders
4% of decks · $0.32
Miss Highwater
2% of decks
Creatures (50)
Archfiend of Depravity
46% of decks · $3.25
Anger
43% of decks · $0.54
Kardur, Doomscourge
42% of decks · $3.66
Rune-Scarred Demon
40% of decks · $1.38
Master of Cruelties
39% of decks · $5.22
Reaper from the Abyss
39% of decks · $0.89
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
35% of decks · $5.03
Bloodgift Demon
35% of decks · $0.78
Overseer of the Damned
32% of decks · $0.40
Mahadi, Emporium Master
31% of decks · $1.34
Archfiend of Despair
31% of decks · $2.83
Bloodthirster
31% of decks · $27.00
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
31% of decks · $5.20
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
31% of decks · $4.79
It That Betrays
31% of decks · $12.93
Solemn Simulacrum
29% of decks · $0.34
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
28% of decks · $0.47
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
27% of decks · $36.73
Vilis, Broker of Blood
27% of decks · $9.77
Indulgent Tormentor
27% of decks · $0.69
Tergrid, God of Fright
25% of decks
Lord of the Void
25% of decks · $16.02
Ardyn, the Usurper
23% of decks · $1.49
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
22% of decks · $0.55
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
21% of decks · $18.23
Balor
20% of decks · $4.49
Dream Devourer
19% of decks · $1.21
Doom Whisperer
18% of decks · $6.49
Abyssal Harvester
18% of decks · $0.34
Desecration Demon
17% of decks · $0.22
Malfegor
17% of decks · $0.42
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
17% of decks · $0.37
Rakdos, the Muscle
17% of decks · $2.22
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
16% of decks · $3.90
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
15% of decks · $0.34
Juri, Master of the Revue
15% of decks · $0.28
Treasonous Ogre
14% of decks · $21.85
Blood Artist
13% of decks · $3.84
Sower of Discord
13% of decks · $3.82
Delina, Wild Mage
12% of decks · $4.70
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
11% of decks · $14.64
Orca, Siege Demon
11% of decks · $0.36
Burning-Rune Demon
11% of decks · $5.52
Abhorrent Overlord
11% of decks · $0.40
Plague Drone
11% of decks · $2.36
Spawn of Mayhem
10% of decks · $0.57
Ancient Copper Dragon
9% of decks · $135.51
The Balrog of Moria
9% of decks · $0.48
The Speed Demon
9% of decks · $1.03
Pitiless Plunderer
9% of decks · $4.99
Instants (39)
Bedevil
44% of decks · $0.29
Terminate
44% of decks · $0.34
Chaos Warp
38% of decks
Burnt Offering
32% of decks · $1.52
Seething Song
25% of decks · $11.52
Cabal Ritual
25% of decks
Deflecting Swat
22% of decks · $72.64
Entomb
18% of decks · $18.29
Malakir Rebirth
18% of decks
Tibalt's Trickery
16% of decks · $10.50
Sacrifice
15% of decks
Blood for the Blood God!
15% of decks · $8.41
Vampiric Tutor
15% of decks · $54.45
Not of This World
15% of decks · $6.32
Thrill of Possibility
14% of decks · $0.29
Infernal Grasp
13% of decks · $0.33
Bolt Bend
13% of decks · $5.18
Abrade
12% of decks · $0.32
Deadly Rollick
12% of decks · $28.68
Psychotic Fury
11% of decks · $0.89
Big Score
11% of decks · $0.41
Songs of the Damned
11% of decks · $2.91
Withering Torment
10% of decks · $1.58
Go for the Throat
9% of decks · $0.62
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Deadly Dispute
9% of decks · $0.26
Savage Beating
8% of decks · $11.44
Imp's Mischief
7% of decks · $9.14
Unexpected Windfall
7% of decks · $3.03
Culling the Weak
6% of decks · $8.04
Supernatural Stamina
6% of decks · $0.21
Wrecking Ball
6% of decks · $0.36
Untimely Malfunction
6% of decks · $9.10
Valakut Awakening
6% of decks
Not Dead After All
5% of decks · $1.62
Pyretic Ritual
5% of decks · $6.89
Tragic Slip
5% of decks · $0.26
Undying Evil
5% of decks · $0.40
Final Fortune
5% of decks · $18.26
Sorceries (42)
Blasphemous Act
40% of decks · $0.88
Demonic Counsel
40% of decks · $2.40
Faithless Looting
39% of decks · $0.39
Demonic Tutor
30% of decks · $69.17
Feed the Swarm
29% of decks · $0.24
Victimize
28% of decks · $1.34
Living Death
27% of decks · $6.62
Dreadbore
27% of decks · $0.94
Sign in Blood
27% of decks · $2.74
Toxic Deluge
26% of decks · $5.17
Exhume
25% of decks · $6.93
Vandalblast
20% of decks · $1.70
Jeska's Will
19% of decks · $41.42
Read the Bones
18% of decks · $0.29
Damnation
16% of decks · $21.01
Buried Alive
14% of decks · $3.61
Rakdos's Return
13% of decks · $0.57
Incarnation Technique
12% of decks · $9.43
Repay in Kind
12% of decks · $3.68
Night's Whisper
11% of decks · $6.25
Persist
11% of decks · $0.74
Diabolic Tutor
11% of decks · $2.21
Cathartic Reunion
10% of decks · $0.27
Blasphemous Edict
10% of decks · $4.13
Wheel of Misfortune
10% of decks · $7.92
Rise of the Dark Realms
10% of decks · $6.49
Dread Return
10% of decks · $0.60
Doomsday
9% of decks · $1.32
Wheel of Fortune
9% of decks
Agadeem's Awakening
9% of decks
Mizzix's Mastery
8% of decks · $8.33
Mana Geyser
8% of decks · $1.24
Gamble
7% of decks · $18.85
Patriarch's Bidding
6% of decks · $3.70
Reign of the Pit
5% of decks · $0.20
Disrupt Decorum
5% of decks · $4.34
Stitch Together
5% of decks · $1.44
Kindred Dominance
5% of decks · $4.94
Harmless Offering
5% of decks · $0.23
Decorum Dissertation
5% of decks · $5.28
Demonfire
5% of decks · $0.29
Tormenting Voice
5% of decks · $0.28
Utility Artifacts (22)
Swiftfoot Boots
41% of decks
Crucible of Worlds
22% of decks · $33.00
The Reaver Cleaver
22% of decks · $30.11
Urza's Incubator
16% of decks · $20.18
Jet Medallion
16% of decks · $14.56
Assault Suit
15% of decks · $0.37
Whip of Erebos
15% of decks · $9.52
Wayfarer's Bauble
13% of decks · $5.61
Whispersilk Cloak
13% of decks · $2.22
Wand of Orcus
12% of decks · $13.70
Herald's Horn
10% of decks · $5.82
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
9% of decks
Ichor Wellspring
8% of decks · $1.54
Mycosynth Wellspring
8% of decks · $0.38
The Fire Crystal
7% of decks · $6.26
Bolas's Citadel
7% of decks · $16.17
Ruby Medallion
7% of decks · $14.49
Fireshrieker
7% of decks · $0.22
Prized Statue
5% of decks · $0.42
Rakdos Riteknife
5% of decks · $0.37
Ashnod's Altar
5% of decks · $16.88
The Darkness Crystal
5% of decks · $4.03
Mana Artifacts (18)
Sol Ring
83% of decks · $1.38
Rakdos Signet
69% of decks · $0.34
Arcane Signet
68% of decks · $0.49
Talisman of Indulgence
51% of decks · $0.51
Commander's Sphere
26% of decks · $0.34
Mind Stone
25% of decks
Fellwar Stone
20% of decks
Rakdos Locket
18% of decks · $0.32
Rakdos Keyrune
13% of decks · $0.22
Rakdos Cluestone
13% of decks · $0.18
Gilded Lotus
12% of decks · $0.54
Thran Dynamo
10% of decks · $4.43
Thought Vessel
8% of decks
Worn Powerstone
8% of decks · $0.38
Charcoal Diamond
7% of decks · $0.35
Fire Diamond
7% of decks · $0.39
Hedron Archive
7% of decks · $0.25
Séance Board
6% of decks · $3.17
Enchantments (23)
Liliana's Contract
45% of decks · $4.53
Black Market
32% of decks · $6.40
Animate Dead
28% of decks · $7.00
Rakdos Joins Up
24% of decks · $0.50
Phyrexian Arena
24% of decks · $4.26
Black Market Connections
20% of decks · $10.47
Demonic Covenant
16% of decks · $0.31
Havoc Festival
16% of decks · $0.41
Bitter Reunion
12% of decks · $0.76
Revel in Riches
11% of decks · $21.15
Mass Hysteria
10% of decks · $3.62
Fiery Emancipation
9% of decks · $13.60
Grave Pact
9% of decks · $30.52
Anthem of Rakdos
9% of decks · $0.71
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
9% of decks
Dictate of Erebos
8% of decks · $17.52
Heartless Summoning
8% of decks · $1.84
Theater of Horrors
8% of decks · $0.31
Captive Audience
8% of decks · $3.83
Collective Inferno
7% of decks · $1.77
Descent into Avernus
7% of decks · $13.20
Fervor
6% of decks · $5.16
Ripples of Undeath
5% of decks · $8.82
Planeswalkers (3)
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
14% of decks · $1.53
Ob Nixilis Reignited
6% of decks · $0.40
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
5% of decks · $0.73
Utility Lands (25)
Bojuka Bog
36% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
32% of decks
Rogue's Passage
30% of decks
Ancient Tomb
16% of decks
Spinerock Knoll
16% of decks
Reliquary Tower
16% of decks
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
14% of decks
Cabal Coffers
13% of decks
Temple of the False God
12% of decks
Arena of Glory
11% of decks
Geier Reach Sanitarium
10% of decks
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
10% of decks
Mutavault
9% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
8% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
8% of decks
Kher Keep
8% of decks
Command Beacon
7% of decks
Westvale Abbey
7% of decks
Mortuary Mire
7% of decks
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
7% of decks
Hall of the Bandit Lord
7% of decks
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
6% of decks
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
6% of decks
Drownyard Temple
6% of decks
Crypt of Agadeem
5% of decks
Lands (47)
Mountain
98% of decks
Swamp
98% of decks
Command Tower
76% of decks
Dragonskull Summit
61% of decks
Rakdos Carnarium
58% of decks
Blood Crypt
58% of decks
Smoldering Marsh
54% of decks
Sulfurous Springs
47% of decks
Foreboding Ruins
38% of decks
Graven Cairns
37% of decks
Shadowblood Ridge
37% of decks
Luxury Suite
36% of decks
Tainted Peak
35% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
32% of decks
Temple of Malice
28% of decks
Blazemire Verge
26% of decks
Path of Ancestry
26% of decks
Raucous Theater
24% of decks
Haunted Ridge
23% of decks
Myriad Landscape
19% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
18% of decks
Canyon Slough
18% of decks
Blackcleave Cliffs
18% of decks
Badlands
17% of decks
Rakdos Guildgate
17% of decks
Bloodfell Caves
13% of decks
Exotic Orchard
12% of decks
Blightstep Pathway
11% of decks
Akoum Refuge
10% of decks
Evolving Wilds
10% of decks
Marsh Flats
10% of decks
Hell's Kitchen
10% of decks
Mount Doom
9% of decks
Fell the Profane
9% of decks
Arid Mesa
9% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
9% of decks
Agadeem's Awakening
9% of decks
Verdant Catacombs
8% of decks
Prismatic Vista
8% of decks
Scalding Tarn
7% of decks
Wooded Foothills
7% of decks
Polluted Delta
7% of decks
City of Brass
7% of decks
Cavern of Souls
6% of decks
Valakut Awakening
6% of decks
Fabled Passage
5% of decks
Geothermal Bog
5% of decks
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Public Decks with Rakdos the Defiler
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