Art by Victor Maury
Rakdos, the Muscle
Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary
Flying, trample Whenever you sacrifice another creature, exile cards equal to its mana value from the top of target player's library. Until your next end step, you may play those cards, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells. Sacrifice another creature: Rakdos gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. Activate only once each turn.
Average Card Type Breakdown
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Most Played With Rakdos, the Muscle (189)
Sol Ring
92% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
90% of decks · $0.49
Talisman of Indulgence
70% of decks · $0.51
Reanimate
58% of decks · $10.11
Mayhem Devil
53% of decks · $0.33
Culling the Weak
53% of decks · $8.04
Phyrexian Altar
52% of decks · $54.36
Priest of Gix
51% of decks · $0.65
Rakdos Signet
51% of decks · $0.34
Sacrifice
50% of decks
Pitiless Plunderer
50% of decks · $4.99
Impulsive Pilferer
46% of decks · $0.41
Infernal Plunge
44% of decks · $0.41
Victimize
44% of decks · $1.34
Priest of Urabrask
43% of decks · $0.93
Fellwar Stone
43% of decks
Prosper, Tome-Bound
41% of decks · $6.82
Diabolic Intent
40% of decks · $17.18
Chthonian Nightmare
40% of decks · $0.62
Flare of Duplication
39% of decks · $2.33
Deadly Dispute
37% of decks · $0.26
Deflecting Swat
37% of decks · $72.64
Blood Artist
37% of decks · $3.84
Party Thrasher
37% of decks · $0.64
Blasphemous Act
37% of decks · $0.88
Greedy Freebooter
36% of decks · $1.07
Saw in Half
36% of decks · $5.72
Skittering Precursor
35% of decks · $0.20
Cabal Ritual
35% of decks
Timeline Culler
34% of decks · $0.32
Boggart Trawler
34% of decks
Blood Pet
34% of decks · $0.61
Demonic Tutor
34% of decks · $69.17
Reassembling Skeleton
33% of decks · $0.33
Pinnacle Monk
33% of decks
Jeska's Will
33% of decks · $41.42
Solemn Simulacrum
32% of decks · $0.34
Carrion Feeder
32% of decks · $4.56
Entomb
32% of decks · $18.29
Umbral Collar Zealot
31% of decks · $0.35
Accursed Marauder
31% of decks · $0.34
Vampiric Tutor
31% of decks · $54.45
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
30% of decks · $40.77
Red Elemental Blast
30% of decks · $12.39
Golgari Thug
30% of decks · $0.34
Lotus Petal
29% of decks
Underworld Breach
29% of decks · $11.23
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
29% of decks · $4.12
Feed the Swarm
29% of decks · $0.24
Birgi, God of Storytelling
29% of decks
Goblin Bombardment
29% of decks · $4.59
Hoarding Broodlord
28% of decks · $5.13
Chaos Warp
28% of decks
Shambling Ghast
28% of decks · $0.43
Pyroblast
27% of decks · $10.94
Hexing Squelcher
27% of decks · $19.24
Simian Spirit Guide
27% of decks · $3.20
Animate Dead
27% of decks · $7.00
Dualcaster Mage
26% of decks · $4.23
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
25% of decks · $1.12
Orcish Bowmasters
25% of decks · $44.46
Rite of Flame
25% of decks · $6.21
Village Rites
25% of decks · $0.99
Morbid Opportunist
25% of decks · $0.36
Ruthless Technomancer
24% of decks · $2.71
Mahadi, Emporium Master
24% of decks · $1.34
Deadly Rollick
24% of decks · $28.68
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
24% of decks
Nine-Lives Familiar
24% of decks · $1.60
Rakdos Charm
24% of decks · $0.39
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
24% of decks · $0.44
Chrome Mox
23% of decks · $166.69
Mana Vault
23% of decks · $116.06
Songs of the Damned
23% of decks · $2.91
Molten Duplication
23% of decks · $16.15
Untimely Malfunction
23% of decks · $9.10
Withering Torment
23% of decks · $1.58
Skirk Prospector
22% of decks · $0.34
Illuminor Szeras
22% of decks · $6.29
Dauthi Voidwalker
22% of decks · $5.80
Gamble
21% of decks · $18.85
Corrupted Conviction
21% of decks · $0.35
Flare of Malice
20% of decks · $3.09
Mind Stone
20% of decks
Plaguecrafter
19% of decks · $0.39
Junji, the Midnight Sky
19% of decks · $0.92
Bloodghast
19% of decks · $0.92
Lightning Greaves
19% of decks · $4.00
Terminate
18% of decks · $0.34
Lion's Eye Diamond
18% of decks
Jet Medallion
18% of decks · $14.56
Zulaport Cutthroat
18% of decks · $1.34
Malakir Rebirth
18% of decks
Abrade
17% of decks · $0.32
Toxic Deluge
17% of decks · $5.17
Bedevil
17% of decks · $0.29
Fell the Profane
17% of decks
Cursed Mirror
17% of decks · $0.30
Imperial Seal
17% of decks · $166.33
Redirect Lightning
17% of decks · $10.85
Laughing Jasper Flint
17% of decks · $0.39
Patron of the Arts
16% of decks · $0.40
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
16% of decks · $0.99
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
16% of decks · $1.82
Opposition Agent
16% of decks · $19.90
Juri, Master of the Revue
15% of decks · $0.28
Altar of Dementia
15% of decks · $17.25
Ayara, Widow of the Realm
15% of decks
Wishclaw Talisman
15% of decks · $2.36
Swiftfoot Boots
15% of decks
Dread Return
15% of decks · $0.60
Bolt Bend
14% of decks · $5.18
Vandalblast
14% of decks · $1.70
Rakdos Joins Up
13% of decks · $0.50
Passionate Archaeologist
12% of decks · $16.15
Agadeem's Awakening
12% of decks
Seize the Spotlight
12% of decks · $16.34
Blasphemous Edict
12% of decks · $4.13
Faithless Looting
12% of decks · $0.39
Skullclamp
12% of decks · $5.21
The One Ring
12% of decks · $116.27
Unearth
12% of decks · $0.54
Mox Opal
12% of decks · $236.10
Into the Pit
11% of decks · $0.32
Mox Diamond
11% of decks
Come Back Wrong
11% of decks · $0.39
Grim Monolith
11% of decks · $478.02
Tibalt's Trickery
11% of decks · $10.50
Desperate Plea
11% of decks · $0.27
Lively Dirge
10% of decks · $6.10
Bloodsoaked Insight
10% of decks
Not Dead After All
10% of decks · $1.62
Furnace Reins
10% of decks · $0.23
Mana Geyser
10% of decks · $1.24
Black Market
10% of decks · $6.40
Fling
9% of decks · $0.32
Phyrexian Arena
9% of decks · $4.26
Lightning Bolt
9% of decks · $0.87
Seething Song
9% of decks · $11.52
Commander's Sphere
9% of decks · $0.34
Twinflame
9% of decks · $0.85
Claim the Firstborn
9% of decks · $0.20
Buried Alive
8% of decks · $3.61
Mutinous Massacre
8% of decks · $0.30
Desperate Ritual
8% of decks · $6.40
Grave Pact
8% of decks · $30.52
Black Market Connections
8% of decks · $10.47
Pyretic Ritual
8% of decks · $6.89
Springleaf Drum
8% of decks · $0.31
Take for a Ride
8% of decks · $0.26
Beseech the Mirror
8% of decks · $21.24
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of decks · $5.61
Necropotence
8% of decks · $38.23
Kazuul's Fury
8% of decks
Imp's Mischief
8% of decks · $9.14
Bastion of Remembrance
8% of decks · $0.30
Fake Your Own Death
8% of decks · $0.23
Loki's Scepter
7% of decks · $2.12
Mox Amber
7% of decks · $86.61
Tragic Slip
7% of decks · $0.26
Return the Favor
7% of decks · $1.08
Thought Vessel
7% of decks
Sneak Attack
7% of decks · $10.49
Living Death
7% of decks · $6.62
Vat of Rebirth
7% of decks · $0.31
Carnival of Souls
7% of decks · $18.89
Insurrection
7% of decks · $15.55
Mob Rule
6% of decks · $3.38
Charred Foyer // Warped Space
6% of decks
Scheming Symmetry
6% of decks · $8.65
Wheel of Fortune
6% of decks
Insatiable Avarice
6% of decks · $6.15
Act of Treason
6% of decks · $0.31
Persist
6% of decks · $0.74
Wake the Dead
6% of decks · $1.43
Delayed Blast Fireball
6% of decks · $14.94
Nasty End
6% of decks · $0.22
Song-Mad Treachery
6% of decks
Final Fortune
6% of decks · $18.26
Act of Aggression
6% of decks · $0.32
Mass Mutiny
6% of decks · $0.45
Damnation
6% of decks · $21.01
Bolas's Citadel
5% of decks · $16.17
Vampiric Rites
5% of decks · $0.17
Necromancy
5% of decks · $19.72
Infernal Grasp
5% of decks · $0.33
Ruby Medallion
5% of decks · $14.49
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
5% of decks · $1.53
Dismember
5% of decks · $4.78
New Cards
Darklight Phoenix
4% of decks · $15.71
The Sackville-Bagginses
4% of decks · $1.51
Avacyn, Angel of Horror
4% of decks · $15.93
Turbulent Crater
3% of decks · $2.61
Inside Information
3% of decks · $1.97
Creatures (50)
Mayhem Devil
53% of decks · $0.33
Priest of Gix
51% of decks · $0.65
Pitiless Plunderer
50% of decks · $4.99
Impulsive Pilferer
46% of decks · $0.41
Priest of Urabrask
43% of decks · $0.93
Prosper, Tome-Bound
41% of decks · $6.82
Blood Artist
37% of decks · $3.84
Party Thrasher
37% of decks · $0.64
Greedy Freebooter
36% of decks · $1.07
Skittering Precursor
35% of decks · $0.20
Timeline Culler
34% of decks · $0.32
Boggart Trawler
34% of decks
Blood Pet
34% of decks · $0.61
Reassembling Skeleton
33% of decks · $0.33
Pinnacle Monk
33% of decks
Solemn Simulacrum
32% of decks · $0.34
Carrion Feeder
32% of decks · $4.56
Umbral Collar Zealot
31% of decks · $0.35
Accursed Marauder
31% of decks · $0.34
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
30% of decks · $40.77
Golgari Thug
30% of decks · $0.34
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
29% of decks · $4.12
Birgi, God of Storytelling
29% of decks
Hoarding Broodlord
28% of decks · $5.13
Shambling Ghast
28% of decks · $0.43
Hexing Squelcher
27% of decks · $19.24
Simian Spirit Guide
27% of decks · $3.20
Dualcaster Mage
26% of decks · $4.23
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
25% of decks · $1.12
Orcish Bowmasters
25% of decks · $44.46
Morbid Opportunist
25% of decks · $0.36
Ruthless Technomancer
24% of decks · $2.71
Mahadi, Emporium Master
24% of decks · $1.34
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
24% of decks
Nine-Lives Familiar
24% of decks · $1.60
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
24% of decks · $0.44
Skirk Prospector
22% of decks · $0.34
Illuminor Szeras
22% of decks · $6.29
Dauthi Voidwalker
22% of decks · $5.80
Plaguecrafter
19% of decks · $0.39
Junji, the Midnight Sky
19% of decks · $0.92
Bloodghast
19% of decks · $0.92
Zulaport Cutthroat
18% of decks · $1.34
Laughing Jasper Flint
17% of decks · $0.39
Patron of the Arts
16% of decks · $0.40
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
16% of decks · $0.99
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
16% of decks · $1.82
Opposition Agent
16% of decks · $19.90
Juri, Master of the Revue
15% of decks · $0.28
Ayara, Widow of the Realm
15% of decks
Instants (46)
Culling the Weak
53% of decks · $8.04
Sacrifice
50% of decks
Flare of Duplication
39% of decks · $2.33
Deadly Dispute
37% of decks · $0.26
Deflecting Swat
37% of decks · $72.64
Saw in Half
36% of decks · $5.72
Cabal Ritual
35% of decks
Entomb
32% of decks · $18.29
Vampiric Tutor
31% of decks · $54.45
Red Elemental Blast
30% of decks · $12.39
Chaos Warp
28% of decks
Pyroblast
27% of decks · $10.94
Village Rites
25% of decks · $0.99
Deadly Rollick
24% of decks · $28.68
Rakdos Charm
24% of decks · $0.39
Songs of the Damned
23% of decks · $2.91
Untimely Malfunction
23% of decks · $9.10
Withering Torment
23% of decks · $1.58
Corrupted Conviction
21% of decks · $0.35
Flare of Malice
20% of decks · $3.09
Terminate
18% of decks · $0.34
Malakir Rebirth
18% of decks
Abrade
17% of decks · $0.32
Bedevil
17% of decks · $0.29
Fell the Profane
17% of decks
Redirect Lightning
17% of decks · $10.85
Bolt Bend
14% of decks · $5.18
Tibalt's Trickery
11% of decks · $10.50
Not Dead After All
10% of decks · $1.62
Fling
9% of decks · $0.32
Lightning Bolt
9% of decks · $0.87
Seething Song
9% of decks · $11.52
Desperate Ritual
8% of decks · $6.40
Pyretic Ritual
8% of decks · $6.89
Kazuul's Fury
8% of decks
Imp's Mischief
8% of decks · $9.14
Fake Your Own Death
8% of decks · $0.23
Tragic Slip
7% of decks · $0.26
Return the Favor
7% of decks · $1.08
Wake the Dead
6% of decks · $1.43
Delayed Blast Fireball
6% of decks · $14.94
Nasty End
6% of decks · $0.22
Final Fortune
6% of decks · $18.26
Act of Aggression
6% of decks · $0.32
Infernal Grasp
5% of decks · $0.33
Dismember
5% of decks · $4.78
Sorceries (43)
Reanimate
58% of decks · $10.11
Infernal Plunge
44% of decks · $0.41
Victimize
44% of decks · $1.34
Diabolic Intent
40% of decks · $17.18
Blasphemous Act
37% of decks · $0.88
Demonic Tutor
34% of decks · $69.17
Jeska's Will
33% of decks · $41.42
Feed the Swarm
29% of decks · $0.24
Rite of Flame
25% of decks · $6.21
Molten Duplication
23% of decks · $16.15
Gamble
21% of decks · $18.85
Toxic Deluge
17% of decks · $5.17
Imperial Seal
17% of decks · $166.33
Dread Return
15% of decks · $0.60
Vandalblast
14% of decks · $1.70
Agadeem's Awakening
12% of decks
Seize the Spotlight
12% of decks · $16.34
Blasphemous Edict
12% of decks · $4.13
Faithless Looting
12% of decks · $0.39
Unearth
12% of decks · $0.54
Come Back Wrong
11% of decks · $0.39
Desperate Plea
11% of decks · $0.27
Lively Dirge
10% of decks · $6.10
Bloodsoaked Insight
10% of decks
Furnace Reins
10% of decks · $0.23
Mana Geyser
10% of decks · $1.24
Twinflame
9% of decks · $0.85
Claim the Firstborn
9% of decks · $0.20
Buried Alive
8% of decks · $3.61
Mutinous Massacre
8% of decks · $0.30
Take for a Ride
8% of decks · $0.26
Beseech the Mirror
8% of decks · $21.24
Living Death
7% of decks · $6.62
Insurrection
7% of decks · $15.55
Mob Rule
6% of decks · $3.38
Scheming Symmetry
6% of decks · $8.65
Wheel of Fortune
6% of decks
Insatiable Avarice
6% of decks · $6.15
Act of Treason
6% of decks · $0.31
Persist
6% of decks · $0.74
Song-Mad Treachery
6% of decks
Mass Mutiny
6% of decks · $0.45
Damnation
6% of decks · $21.01
Utility Artifacts (12)
Phyrexian Altar
52% of decks · $54.36
Lightning Greaves
19% of decks · $4.00
Jet Medallion
18% of decks · $14.56
Altar of Dementia
15% of decks · $17.25
Wishclaw Talisman
15% of decks · $2.36
Swiftfoot Boots
15% of decks
Skullclamp
12% of decks · $5.21
The One Ring
12% of decks · $116.27
Wayfarer's Bauble
8% of decks · $5.61
Vat of Rebirth
7% of decks · $0.31
Bolas's Citadel
5% of decks · $16.17
Ruby Medallion
5% of decks · $14.49
Mana Artifacts (19)
Sol Ring
92% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
90% of decks · $0.49
Talisman of Indulgence
70% of decks · $0.51
Rakdos Signet
51% of decks · $0.34
Fellwar Stone
43% of decks
Lotus Petal
29% of decks
Chrome Mox
23% of decks · $166.69
Mana Vault
23% of decks · $116.06
Mind Stone
20% of decks
Lion's Eye Diamond
18% of decks
Cursed Mirror
17% of decks · $0.30
Mox Opal
12% of decks · $236.10
Mox Diamond
11% of decks
Grim Monolith
11% of decks · $478.02
Commander's Sphere
9% of decks · $0.34
Springleaf Drum
8% of decks · $0.31
Loki's Scepter
7% of decks · $2.12
Mox Amber
7% of decks · $86.61
Thought Vessel
7% of decks
Enchantments (18)
Chthonian Nightmare
40% of decks · $0.62
Underworld Breach
29% of decks · $11.23
Goblin Bombardment
29% of decks · $4.59
Animate Dead
27% of decks · $7.00
Rakdos Joins Up
13% of decks · $0.50
Passionate Archaeologist
12% of decks · $16.15
Into the Pit
11% of decks · $0.32
Black Market
10% of decks · $6.40
Phyrexian Arena
9% of decks · $4.26
Grave Pact
8% of decks · $30.52
Black Market Connections
8% of decks · $10.47
Necropotence
8% of decks · $38.23
Bastion of Remembrance
8% of decks · $0.30
Sneak Attack
7% of decks · $10.49
Carnival of Souls
7% of decks · $18.89
Charred Foyer // Warped Space
6% of decks
Vampiric Rites
5% of decks · $0.17
Necromancy
5% of decks · $19.72
Planeswalkers (1)
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
5% of decks · $1.53
Utility Lands (21)
Phyrexian Tower
52% of decks
Ancient Tomb
27% of decks
Bojuka Bog
27% of decks
High Market
20% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
19% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
14% of decks
Emergence Zone
12% of decks
City of Traitors
10% of decks
Spymaster's Vault
10% of decks
Crystal Vein
8% of decks
Urza's Saga
8% of decks
Cabal Coffers
8% of decks
Reliquary Tower
8% of decks
Vault of Whispers
8% of decks
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
7% of decks
Rogue's Passage
7% of decks
Arena of Glory
7% of decks
Midgar, City of Mako
7% of decks
Mortuary Mire
6% of decks
Temple of the False God
6% of decks
Great Furnace
5% of decks
Lands (50)
Swamp
97% of decks
Mountain
92% of decks
Command Tower
89% of decks
Blood Crypt
62% of decks
Sulfurous Springs
62% of decks
Dragonskull Summit
55% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
52% of decks
Luxury Suite
51% of decks
Smoldering Marsh
48% of decks
Blazemire Verge
42% of decks
Exotic Orchard
39% of decks
Raucous Theater
37% of decks
Tainted Peak
36% of decks
Boggart Trawler
34% of decks
Pinnacle Monk
33% of decks
Foreboding Ruins
33% of decks
Haunted Ridge
30% of decks
Mount Doom
30% of decks
Badlands
28% of decks
Shadowblood Ridge
27% of decks
Polluted Delta
26% of decks
City of Brass
26% of decks
Marsh Flats
25% of decks
Graven Cairns
25% of decks
Verdant Catacombs
24% of decks
Mana Confluence
23% of decks
Temple of Malice
23% of decks
Rakdos Carnarium
23% of decks
Blightstep Pathway
22% of decks
Gemstone Caverns
21% of decks
Arid Mesa
20% of decks
Blackcleave Cliffs
19% of decks
Wooded Foothills
18% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
18% of decks
Scalding Tarn
18% of decks
Fell the Profane
17% of decks
Canyon Slough
13% of decks
Evolving Wilds
12% of decks
Agadeem's Awakening
12% of decks
Cavern of Souls
12% of decks
Lazotep Quarry
11% of decks
Myriad Landscape
11% of decks
Bloodfell Caves
10% of decks
Bloodsoaked Insight
10% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
9% of decks
Fabled Passage
8% of decks
Kazuul's Fury
8% of decks
Path of Ancestry
8% of decks
Dark Fortress
8% of decks
Starting Town
7% of decks
Play-rate data via EDHREC. Card images and prices via Scryfall.
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