MTG- Budget Deck Tech: Rakdos Aggro

[@AbsoluteMTG]

Yes, Volcanic Strength is from M13. Block Constructed means that this deck was only made with cards from Return to Ravnica.

[@marceloquejinho]

What I like more in this deck is that it is "thematic" in the Rakdos guild, not just "rakdos colored". I'm just missing Madcap Skills, perhaps over that Pursuit of Flight izzet thing

[@Pallytankful]

Keeping in the block constructed theme, I made a few changes to this deck for gatecrash. The land base dropped to 21 for mine. I switched out two hellhole flailers for two Hellraiser Goblins. Though you don't get the 4/3 for 3 mana, you get a 2/2 that gives all your creatures haste. I added in two copies of Mugging for cheap removal, as well as one Devour Flesh. Removing a chump blocker and having them gain 1 or 2 life will often prove more beneficial to you, as you'll be swinging for more.

[@BlueKrakenSpaghetti]

Budget all the way! Your budget videos are very fun to watch and helpful. Thanks!

[@AbsoluteMTG]

Splatter Thug + Deviant Glee, Pursuit of Flight, or Knightly Valor, gives you a whole lot of awesome. I basically made this deck from the standpoint of awesome Limited interactions that I've played with this season. Deviant Glee and Splatter Thug are 2 of my favorite cards to draft; Glee after it wheels most times and Thug is sometimes just an outright draft for me.

[@Pallytankful]

Also, I find Thrill Kill Assassins to be very useful for this deck. You're already running Deviant Glee, a playset of it, and Deathtouch Trample is such a good combo for aggro here. I unleash my two Thrill Kill's almost every time.

[@Mrkeaton3322]

I actually traded and or pulled all of my shock/Dual lands. Also the rakdos event deck comes with a dragon skull summit if you are looking to build a rakdos deck. The event deck also has most of the commons and un commons you need for this deck :)

[@ShanghaiStan]

Really helpful thanks - I am really struggling to get a golgari deck running properly, I did see your B/G zombies, but could you do one which looks at more Golgari type creatures, and hopefully budget too...using dredge and scavenge....it would be really helpful to get me going in the right direction.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

Mathematically speaking, 24 is the ideal number of lands in 60 card deck, where 17 is the ideal number of lands in a 40 card deck. Those number variate slightly based on multiple factors but they don't deviate much.

[@SHUNGITE-EMPLOYEE]

Yous decide manabases from mana symbol occurence, e.g count the number of times, in this case red and black mana symbols occur on all your cards then which ever colour has the most symbol occurences you put in with lands using ratios.

[@misterlego817]

You might consider volcanic strength instead of pursuit of flight. Same thing except it gets mountain walk too so that could come in handy occasionally.

[@to-ny9336]

great deck, this could turn into a great pauper deck, id prolly put in some madcap skills and ash zealot, maybe lightning strike and blightning and/or skullcrack, a whip of erobos is essential too

[@haloman123123]

I can answer this! :D Deathtouches main usage is for you to have a 1 for 1 defender. There really is no point for unleashing the guy if you cant block with him.

[@stephenvance4867]

As long as the cackler doesn't have a +1/+1 counter on it when it dies, undying will trigger, then you can unleash it since it will be re-entering the battlefield.

[@juras99z]

i need to thank you... i built this deck when i started playing magic two years ago and i love it! true i rebuilt it from floor to ceiling, and it costs more than five times as much, but man....

[@juancarreon4896]

I started out with this deck and rebuilt it as well u added some more buffing spells and damage this is what I use in modern now

[@ChrisTheCandyMan]

Why did you not include any auger sprees? It could be some very nice removal and also if you get a really buffed creature out it could give you an extra 4 damage.

[@SCenteno1985]

Love playing rakdos! I made one that has alot of undying, unleash, and burn

[@waterhousefilms8516]

I was wondering if you could make an updated U/G delver deck. It might be better to wait for gatecrash though.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

The same reason why you'd play it in limited, It's a 2-cost common that gives a creature +2/+2. Believe me, I'd be playing 6 Deviant Glee if possible.

[@TheDisturbed724]

Not sure what I would add. I'm trying to get back into magic. Been out for about 6 years!

[@Eduardosanchez516]

Did you ever consider using pyreheart wolf in this deck somewhere? It seems pretty good as a three drop helping your dudes get in there for damage

[@amoney1421]

I sorta wanna add 4 rakdos lord of riots. 2 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch and 4 Master of Cruelties. just gotta figure out where though... i suck at siding out cards i always ruin the deck.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

Because there is a vast majority of players that started playing with RtR's release. Most of those players don't have many cards from the other sets.

[@tommyhutto6353]

Hey! I am fairly new to magic. Just started playing in December and I am running a four color deck that bases off red and black for creatures and then small annoying counter spells and life spells. If you could do something for a Red, Blue, Black, White, just for the heck of it, that would be awesome. I plan on throwing some master of cruelties with aqueous form combo for quick killing let me know what you think, I'd just like an inbox or some kind of reply. Definitely wanna be able to use it in standard tournaments though.

[@FaultyCircuit]

I would have only used 2 guildgates and gone with more basic lands. B/R doesn't like the tempo loss from tapped lands, and the keyrunes usually offer enough mana fixing.

[@brianlimmy]

half of these can be obtained by buying the Wrack and Rage event deck, + you get a dragonskull summit which is cool

[@subterraskuress1998]

I think that there should be two keyrunes taken out for two thrilkill assassins because you might nee that deathtouch. But only run it as a two of because its a 1/2.

[@ImEmaRose]

Can you update this deck? I love it. Thanks!

[@DaOnlySurferStanding]

How about this. It's a bit different from his list, but a much more expensive version has been doing pretty well at certain tournaments: 4x Rakdos Cackler 4x Tormented Hero 4x Rakdos Shred-Freak 4x Spike Jester 4x Mogis's Marauder 4x Gore-House Chainwalker 2x Thrill-Kill Assassin 4x Madcap Skills 4x Ultimate Price 4x Lightning Strike 4x Rakdos Guildgate 10x Swamp 8x Mountain Sideboard: 2x Toil // Trouble 4x Doom Blade 2x Dark Betrayal 1x Electrickery 2x Skullcrack 4x Shock Or something like that. Expensive-ish (for budget) cards you could find a place for ($2+): 2x Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch 2x Whip of Erebos 4x Herald of Torment 2x Dreadbore 4x Xathrid Necromancer More Expensive cards that are quite budget-hurting ($5 +): 2x Mogis, God of Slaughter 2x Lifebane Zombie 4x Blood Crypt 4x Temple of Malice The Mainboard costs between 10 and 15 dollars, depending on where you shop, not including lands.

[@TJHitchman]

What would you drop from this deck to include Ogre Battledriver from M14? I think it would work well with some of the other creatures in this deck, just not sure what to cut!

[@Knels94]

I had guildgates for a while, but with an aggro deck they just seemed ineffective past turn three because they came in tapped. They were just too slow for me personally.

[@AbsoluteMTG]

the deck was block constructed, meaning that it only uses RtR cards

[@Deathtonoobs24]

Actually it still would though Dragonskull Summit is going to go out in September.

[@thetacoassassin2]

I sorta noticed that there's not a single card in there that isn't the return to ravnica set.

[@travisewald1]

Can u make an updated version of this deck.please please

[@corybedard2983]

man i miss these actual deck videos now all we have are mtga deck techs or cards that just appear on the screen :(

[@Flowarttoronto]

hey could you do a Eldrazi Tron deck for modern play. or a competitive red green Tron but I heard that can be a expensive. thanks

[@MdRads]

can you do American Midrange next? I'm getting frustrated with the deck because there are so many cards to put in I can't find whats best.

[@MachiriReviews]

I have a deck like this, but I replace pursuit of flight with Madcap Skills. It goes really well with Splatter Thug and makes him a pain in the ass to kill.

[@sebastianfexeus7239]

You should probably update this deck for dragons maze, Spiked Jester is a 3/1 for 1B and 1R, and there is Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch for 2 colorless, 1B and 1R that is 3/3, has first strike, haste, unleash, and with her in play every creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it gets haste. So basically when you unleash a creature it gets haste. Also, Rakdos Cluestone.

[@xXTOdoubleDXx]

How do you think cards such as Searing spear, brimstone volley, and fervor would do in this deck? Fervor could be very nice, giving everyone haste. Also, vampire nighthawk might fit in well since this deck has almost no options for defending. Please respond, I'm considering getting this deck, and would like your opinion on those cards

[@gard39]

Nice Rakdos deck! Could you do a U/W aggro build for standard sometime soon?

[@haloman123123]

Although if you want you can swap thrill-kill in and take out Gorehouse

[@shinyears]

you might want to raise the amount you want to put in for this (because even 25c common cards add up) but I will try and show you what I get

[@bloodyvampire231]

can you do a deck tech for a four color midrange deck like black blue white and red?

[@eliakim219]

What about Stab Wound? Would you consider adding that to the deck?

[@sojovlogs2394]

Cinnajob, i am having trouble with Selesnya tokens, so if you could makenit a budget deck, but a really powerful token deck, advice is much appreciated.

[@lasterman94100]

Sulfurous springs is cheap and enough if you need an alternative to blood crypt (shockland are painfully costful)

[@lasterman94100]

But don't follow this decklist unless you really really want rakdos cards, cause there are many better ways to build rakdos (B/R basically) aggro in modern and not for very much more.

[@anikealamp]

They look like Legion, which is what I use. They are cheap and last forever with some cool patterns :)

[@singleT314]

What about desicration demon 6/6 flyer for 4 they can tap it before you attack but it gets bigger and they lose a blocker or augor spree for fire one more damage gets around indistucktable

[@zaqtehattaq]

Hey, just a quick question-would you recommend adding a cryptborn horror into the main deck? I'm using one in my rakdos deck that's structured around this video, and it works pretty good.

[@ashishkoduri]

I don't know i think I might replace the pursuit of flight with Madcap skills just seems better.

[@christophersmith2581]

Ashish Koduri Madcap is better. I run Madcap Skills, Deviant Glee, and Dark Favor in combination with creatures that have haste and dash mechanics. It does fine at my lgs as long as my opponents do not have drown in sorrow and/or bile blight.

[@MrSaxophone18]

Could you do a budget Blue/White removal deck?

[@devilboy561]

if rakdos keyrune gets animated but dies in combat is it sent to graveyard since its considered a monster when animated?

[@MrWahoodles]

Why pursuit of flight instead of Volcanic Strength and Fire instead of Volley?

[@cheenh97]

Why didn't you put Thrill-Kill Assassins into this deck ? Thanks for the answer:)

[@hnjahnjah]

What i would like to see? well,about a 200 dollar-ish range B/W/R Aggro deck with creature and hand removals.

[@quinafer]

also, what would be subbed in if it was standard and not block constructed?

[@FancyFancett]

Is this deck still legal in standard? I'm new to competitive play and i want to know if i can even use this deck.

[@Mrkeaton3322]

thats true. but i dont have to worry about guild gates i play blood crypts and dragon skull summits ;)

[@SuperStrikto]

i dont think 24 is the best number of lands for a deck, depends on your tactic, i mean, if you are using for example red-blue, you can just go for 22 or even 20 lands if you use some king of extra draw, you know what i mean? but of course, going for 8-10 dual lands is a suicide in my opinion ^_^

[@jameswathen3172]

could i get a control to bolas theme cause i am havin trouble with mine finishing ( rtr standard no creatures )

[@benrichardson5662]

Lots of Unleash? I like it, you're basically saying yeah I can't block but you know what? Imma club your face in. Looks like a lot of fun!

[@lifeiaskedfor]

oooh, ok, so would u put dark favor instead if it wasn't?

[@gusmag7909]

what cards would replace for your side deck? if you had to switch them.

[@teemacdaddy]

currently playing this deck and it fares good in terms of speed, but how can this deal with let's say a Boros deck with pieces that detain creatures?

[@LollimpoOTS]

A nice and cheap deck :) Very nice Ajeman ;)

[@profesorcizrna]

Hello, please, if I would like use card "Cremate", what is it mean "Exile targed card from graveyard."? Where I should move it?

[@scotthoffman3370]

+profesorcizrna there is a whole different spot to the side of the graveyard called exile. You cannot return cards from exile.

[@profesorcizrna]

Thanks

[@jrclarke93]

where do you get your sleeves? or better yet what brand are your sleeves? i have some ultra pros and i hate them

[@blooodryne81]

i have to ask what is a mono coloered creature

[@DarkArtMagic666]

can u show us what u prefer playing? like what is your favorite deck too run

[@ianillian8944]

where did u see a boros detain deck?

[@FaultyCircuit]

My only shockland is overgrown tomb (which is cool because I can afford to splash some green) but I keep missing all the right colours :\

[@chalkenjoyer]

does undying stack with unleash? Example: i have mikaeus unhallowed on the battlefield i cast rakdos cackler without unleashing it and it dies in combat can i trigger unleash and undying at the same time? or not?

[@calebwagner1738]

you should have rakdos lord of riots in this deck and master of crueltys

[@level102magikarp]

What do you think about putting in Spike Jester instead of Rakdos Shred-Freak?

[@JonathanHecht]

i have exava racdos blood witch, do you suggest adding her to this deck? and what should i remove for her?

[@quinafer]

what would radkos lord of rust replace in the deck, and how many would you suggest to run?

[@stephenvance4867]

I actually have Rakdos, dreadbore,, hell rider, Master of cruelties, and Exava. Any suggestions on what to change in favor of some of these cards?

[@downlinkclayman8525]

I would just get rid of the Annihilating Fire and in its place put Shock or Lightning Strike.

[@blacksunslair]

lightning bolt is what I'm subbing it for

[@OlDirtyChinesRestaurant]

How about a populate/selensya deck?

[@electrodroger]

Hi, I'm making a U/W budget deck and i'm wondering if you have any tips? I got ajani and jace from boosters, so im gonna try to include them

[@itslikemagic123]

Why not use another red enchantment such as volcanic strength instead of pursuit of flight

[@nendien]

Coul you please make a budget golgari deck ? :)

[@autusticrat]

He's sticking in block, so if replace pursuit of flight with madcap skills

[@bundung123]

I would prefer searing spear or brimstone volley over annihilating fire

[@nicholasgray7441]

A defender/control deck would be nice to see

[@oCLWNZo]

Where did you get all those cards at.

[@carlitos5890]

:O so where is Rakdos and Exava??

[@ashishkoduri]

Ok so Mogis fits perfect in the deck cause he is black red can if i add one how good would it do?

[@christophersmith2581]

Ashish Koduri 1 in the SB.

[@lifeiaskedfor]

why pursuit of flight? Why not dark favor?

[@ashishkoduri]

How well would spike jester perform in this deck i might add 4 to it.

[@christophersmith2581]

Ashish Koduri Spike Jester is fine. I use him.

[@mpm301]

it's amazing how these types of fast decks really do pwn bad draws against much more expensive decks....

[@hadungs64]

After DGM, what chages would you do in this deck?

[@Panquernic]

This is actually really good

[@gilliassassin3]

please can you do a golgari midrange budget deck teck

[@sebastianfexeus7239]

Because this this doesnt have any flying creatures, and Volcanic Strength is not Return to Ravnica. (Is that really a reason?)

[@Cornnbreadd]

Why did you decide to go with limited RtR?

[@henry12350]

i'd love to see modern decks!

[@FMLYB]

what would you take out for lord of riots?

[@AbsoluteMTG]

overall cost