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Oct 25, 2012 -- 7:50AM, Enigma256 wrote:

it's not just 1 generic mana
in your case it would be up to , but your spells only had to reduce

You are 100% correct.  But, most Rakdos decks that I've seen built contain cards with converted mana costs no higher than four... most of which don't use much generic mana (maybe ) for their creatures.  If you were say... running a Monogreen or G/B Golgari deck where you could ramp FAST with green and splash a little red in there to get Rakdos, Lord of Riots out, then he'd probably be very useful.  Monogreen and probably most Golgari decks run HUGE creatures because they can ramp so fast.  But, several of those creatures have decently high generic mana costs in addition to their actual color cost.  Unfortunately, most Rakdos decks don't.  Again, the ones that I've seen are very fast Aggro/Burn decks versus the Beatdowns you'll find in Monogreen or Golgari.

SG

Oct 25, 2012 -- 9:15AM, TzarChasm wrote:

I'm not sure that Rakdos is hard to utilize at all. You're playing BR; you have access to a million cheap direct damage spells. Drop a Vexing Devil or cast a Pillar of Flame on turn five to play Rakdos if you can't guarantee combat damage on turn four. Assuming you can get him out on turn four with combat damage, you could either cast Bump in the Night , Searing Spear , Annihilating Fire , or use a Gut Shot or Pillar of Flame with a Guttersnipe on the field to drop a Thundermaw Hellkite for a measly two mana. Since your opponent's flying blockers are now tapped, that's 11 flying damage you could hit them with on that turn alone—at a minimum. Rakdos plays very nicely with Guttersnipe s and Vexing Devil s.  The former allows you to nuke blockers while still dealing damage directly to your opponent, cheaping creature costs.  The second one makes swallowing the four damage up front a whole lot scarier.

I agree that Rakdos, Lord of Riots s is easy to get out.  Just lay down a Bump in the Night , and then cast him for .  That part was never in question.

The deck build I'm using is more the issue.  The deck I'm working on right now is the kind of deck that, if it goes past the fifth turn, it's going to start having trouble.  It's meant to be like a three to five turn kill, B/R Aggro/Burn deck.  Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to playtest the final deck yet as I'm still waiting on a few cards to get here.  But, I was thinking of swapping out the Hellrider s for a couple of Rakdos, Lord of Riots .  Unfortunately, I don't think he'll work well in the kind of deck I'm trying to play as you'll see that none only one of the creatures has a in its cost.

Lands
4 x Dragonskull Summit
3 x Blood Crypt
9 x Mountain
3 x Swamp
3 x Swamp

Creatures
4 x Vexing Devil
3 x Rakdos Cackler
4 x Ash Zealot
4 x Rakdos Shred-Freak
3 x Hellhole Flailer
2 x Hellrider

Other spells
2 x Bump in the Night
2 x Dynacharge
3 x Pillar of Flame
2 x Dreadbore
2 x Mizzium Mortars
2 x Searing Spear
3 x Brimstone Volley
2 x Rakdos Keyrune

Sideboard
3 x Blood Artist
2 x Magmaquake
4 x Rakdos Charm
2 x Slaughter Games
2 x Traitorous Blood
2 x Ultimate Price


SG