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I call it Rakdos Exalted deck. What do I need to do to improve this deck? This is my updated deck.

Creatures [21]
3 Hellhole Flailer
4 Knight of Infamy
2 Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
4 Rakdos Cackler
4 Rakdos Shred-Freak
2 Stonewright
2 Stromkirk Noble

Spells [17]
4 Brimstone Volley
1 Dreadbore
4 Pillar of Flame
4 Searing Spear
4 Ultimate Price

Lands [22]
1 Dragonskull Summit
6 Mountain
4 Rakdos Guildgate
11 Swamp

SIDEBOARD
2 Bloodfray Giant
4 Bump in the Night
1 Cryptborn Horror
1 Elixir of Immortality
2 Murder
2 Slitherhead
2 Thunderbolt
1 Vexing Devil

Depends on what you want to do with the deck.  You seem to want to go Aggro based on your title, so any creature  5-cmc and over is immediately out.

More Blood Crypts and adding Dragonskull Sumit s would be good to fixing your mana base.  Other than that, 23 lands is about where you want to be, with the Mountain/Swamp split depending entirely on how much Red VS Black you want/need at any given turn.

Now, as far as creatures do, you want a lot of Aggressive cards, Rakdos Cackler , Grave Crawler , basically you're looking at all the 2 power 1 cost creatures in Red and Black.  You'll ideally want between 10 and 14 pf them, depending how Aggressive you want your early game VS how much staying power you want.  Stromkirk Noble is another to look at because he get's pretty big by just doing what you want to do.

Are isn't much in the way of 2-drops, but Knight of Infamy, Shred-Freak, Gore-House Chainwalker  and Ash Zealot are really what you want to look at, with maybe Crimson Muckwader if you're looking to be more heavy into Black than Red.  You'll wand between 4 and 8, again depending on how aggressive you want to be early in the game.

3-drops, sadly doesn't have much going for it.  Guttersnipe is good if you've got 16+ removal spells for it.  Geralf's Messenger if you happen to be VERY heavy in Black.  Hellhole Flailer is pretty good if you're a little slower of a deck.

Cryptborn Horror is terrible since you can't play it if you havn't dealt damage that turn.

The top of your creature curve, doesn't have many solid options.  Hell Rider is solid, as is Rakdos, Lord of Riots if you have enough guys to ensure you deal damage.  Ideally, you'll want Falkenrath Aristocrat whose really strong, but is also a $20 card.

As far as other spells go, Pillar of Flame and Searing Spear are pretty much required as auto 4-ofs.  You can run some Dynacharge to pump your horde of small guys, but I like to round it out with more removal.

Stuff like Traitorous Blood is better left in the SB since it's really only needed VS creatures you can't remove or can't trade with favorably in combat/with removal (ie: Thragtusk ).

Consistancy is key, which means having a lot of 4 and 3 copies of your more agressive cards, and fewer for cards that you might not what to see in every game, but want to have access to during game 1.

I updated the first post!

I updated the first post with my new deck.

I do not care for that six cost demon in  a 22 land deck. I wouldn't be comfortable running anything more then 4 in this, tbh. No reason to slow yourself down. I'd lose those two demons and 4 of the removal spells for at least two more 1-drops and maybe Gore-House Chainwalker as a decent 2-drop addition.

In my opinion Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis doesnt fit so well. If you want an aggro deck, you dont want to be attacking with a single creature, you want to keep coming at your opponent at every turn, exalted is the total opposite of that. There are better demons to stick in his place ex: Desecration Demon or Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Sep 25, 2012 -- 1:06AM, GM_Champion wrote:

Rakods control is looking brutal.

Rakdos, Lord of Riots cuts spells down by 6 each time he swings. Even without, he's a 6/6 flying, trample for four mana (that's tremendous). Combo this guy with Carnival Hellsteed and that's all you need.

Rakdos's Return is a powerful X spell. A finisher, or disruption. Yet, it's nowhere near as good as Blightning .
With that said, it seems like its best potential is in draft, but I'd have to get a feel for it in-game to be sure.

I'd check out Slaughter Games plus Pithing Needle .
First of all, it's a simple one-two combo that's seriously powerful and it's got an unlimited range.
You can strip your opponent of their best gear right off the bat.

Rakdos Keyrune becomes a 3/1 with first strike. Nuff said.

Keep on eye on Auger Spree . At two colors, three mana pushes it out beyond the potential Nameless Inversion had, but it's still got options being offensive or defensive.

Electrickery looks pretty amazing as far as spells go. Great combo matera to enable Rakdos casting restriction, with potential to sweep all your opponent's 1 toughness creatures (there seem to be a lot of them in the set).

Ultimate Price is a great side-boarder.

Rakdos Charm of course would be a staple.

Best monocolor creatures for Rakdos are Utvara Hellkite and Desecration Demon . The Hellkite requires build up so it's a close second, despite its strong ability. The demon is a 6/6 for four mana. Even if they can stall it, the price they pay works in your favor as long as you don't stop summoning creatures.

In addition to Hellkite, Minotaur Aggressor would drop to a single mana after you swing with Rakdos once. But I still think, there is far too much other more efficent content to consider it. It's just a fancy reference being it's a 6 power creature with first strike...