Rakdos, the Muscle
$1.02
$1.02Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary
How it feels to play against
Mildly Annoying
Some frustrating moments but still fun.
Popularity
Ranking
#419
Current Rank
#369
Last Week
#428
Last Month
Links & Decks
Combos
Debut Set
Decks on Moxfield
Decks on Archidekt
Scryfall
CardmarketVideos
Commander gameplay videos featuring Rakdos, the Muscle.
What a Standoff - Cedh Gameplay - Najeela Vs Rakdos Vs Marchesa Vs Baylan
Olivia plays FIGHT FARM in cEDH | Rogsi vs Rakdos vs Tymna/Kraum vs Najeela
Kethis Secret Combo cEDH?
New Eshika in cEDH
Mid Edits - Tymna/Rog v Rakdos v Etali V Tayam Table 6 Game 4 - Resolutions - 25 Jan 25 - CEDH TPM
CAN RAKDOS BE REDEEMED?: Stella Lee v Rakdos v Ketramose v Gitrog
RE-MATCH! Sefris, Ragavan, Rakdos, Pia Nalaar | Commander Gameplay
How Many Tutors can a Ragavan hit? Ketramose v Etali v Kess v Rakdos
Sefris, Ragavan, Rakdos, Pia Nalaar | Commander Gameplay
LET'S RUN IT BACK! Stella Lee v Gitrog v Ketramose v Rakdos cEDH gameplay
Rakdos, the Muscle videosNew Cards
Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Rakdos, the Muscle decks.
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER+14% Synergy
$35.59
Starting Town+3% Synergy
$9.96
Ardyn, the Usurper+1% Synergy
$0.44
Midgar, City of Mako-2% Synergy
$2.41
The Fire Crystal-3% Synergy
$3.24
High Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Rakdos, the Muscle's abilities and overall game plan.
Shriekmaw+67% Synergy
$0.15
Ingot Chewer+65% Synergy
$0.14
Forsaken Miner+61% Synergy
$0.69
Ashnod's Altar+60% Synergy
$7.39
Poxwalkers+59% Synergy
$8.16
Burnt Offering+56% Synergy
$0.75
Reckless Barbarian+48% Synergy
$0.12
Warren Soultrader+48% Synergy
$14.28
Fury+48% Synergy
$3.80
Phyrexian Altar+44% Synergy
$52.94
Top Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Rakdos, the Muscle decks.
Viscera Seer+44% Synergy
$0.42
Culling the Weak+40% Synergy
$10.22
Sacrifice+40% Synergy
$8.29
Prosper, Tome-Bound+39% Synergy
$8.51
Pitiless Plunderer+38% Synergy
$3.91
Reanimate+37% Synergy
$7.35
Mayhem Devil+32% Synergy
$0.63
Victimize+30% Synergy
$0.46
Dark Ritual+25% Synergy
$3.25
Blasphemous Act-10% Synergy
$1.70
Game Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Underworld Breach+18% Synergy
$8.34
Deflecting Swat+17% Synergy
$45.01
Ancient Tomb+16% Synergy
$111.35
Orcish Bowmasters+15% Synergy
$27.36
Chrome Mox+15% Synergy
$98.19
Mana Vault+15% Synergy
$68.76
Demonic Tutor+14% Synergy
$57.80
Vampiric Tutor+14% Synergy
$53.08
Jeska's Will+13% Synergy
$25.26
Lion's Eye Diamond+12% Synergy
$444.47
Creatures
Essential creatures that complement Rakdos, the Muscle's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
Grief+37% Synergy
$1.45
Ruthless Technomancer+31% Synergy
$1.21
Reassembling Skeleton+28% Synergy
$0.21
Priest of Gix+28% Synergy
$0.58
Illuminor Szeras+28% Synergy
$3.06
Dargo, the Shipwrecker+28% Synergy
$0.13
Hoarding Broodlord+28% Synergy
$2.86
Carrion Feeder+28% Synergy
$2.16
Braids, Arisen Nightmare+27% Synergy
$4.23
Accursed Marauder+26% Synergy
$0.31
Impulsive Pilferer+24% Synergy
$0.24
Mindslicer+22% Synergy
$0.40
Dualcaster Mage+21% Synergy
$1.79
Party Thrasher+21% Synergy
$0.38
Boggart Trawler+21% Synergy
$1.28
Laughing Jasper Flint+21% Synergy
$0.46
Junji, the Midnight Sky+21% Synergy
$0.51
Priest of Urabrask+21% Synergy
$1.61
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky+20% Synergy
$0.82
Ayara, Widow of the Realm+20% Synergy
$0.26
Plaguecrafter+19% Synergy
$0.34
Pinnacle Monk+19% Synergy
$2.04
Nalfeshnee+19% Synergy
$4.64
Skittering Precursor+19% Synergy
$0.08
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer+18% Synergy
$29.47
Nine-Lives Familiar+18% Synergy
$0.91
Shadow of Mortality+18% Synergy
$0.35
Solemn Simulacrum+17% Synergy
$0.27
Jaxis, the Troublemaker+17% Synergy
$0.98
Bloodghast+17% Synergy
$0.99
Blood Pet+17% Synergy
$0.33
Simian Spirit Guide+16% Synergy
$1.47
Birgi, God of Storytelling+15% Synergy
$17.19
Dauthi Voidwalker+15% Synergy
$5.26
Feldon of the Third Path+15% Synergy
$0.77
Greedy Freebooter+15% Synergy
$0.19
The Balrog, Durin's Bane+15% Synergy
$0.34
Offalsnout+15% Synergy
$0.04
Chainer, Nightmare Adept+14% Synergy
$0.45
Golgari Thug+14% Synergy
$0.29
Mahadi, Emporium Master+13% Synergy
$0.44
Skirk Prospector+13% Synergy
$0.16
Morbid Opportunist+12% Synergy
$0.19
Imperial Recruiter+12% Synergy
$10.12
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+12% Synergy
$0.68
Grim Haruspex+12% Synergy
$2.91
Blood Artist+11% Synergy
$1.09
Juri, Master of the Revue+10% Synergy
$0.14
Opposition Agent+10% Synergy
$19.27
Zulaport Cutthroat+6% Synergy
$2.79
Instants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Rakdos, the Muscle safe.
Flare of Duplication+30% Synergy
$1.17
Saw in Half+23% Synergy
$4.96
Entomb+19% Synergy
$13.09
Flare of Malice+19% Synergy
$3.04
Cabal Ritual+18% Synergy
$12.83
Pyroblast+17% Synergy
$5.42
Red Elemental Blast+17% Synergy
$8.57
Deadly Dispute+14% Synergy
$0.43
Corrupted Conviction+14% Synergy
$0.22
Songs of the Damned+12% Synergy
$1.96
Village Rites+11% Synergy
$0.20
Untimely Malfunction+9% Synergy
$4.00
Wake the Dead+9% Synergy
$0.32
Bolt Bend+6% Synergy
$2.47
Act of Aggression+6% Synergy
$0.41
Withering Torment+5% Synergy
$2.37
Deadly Rollick+5% Synergy
$16.38
Malakir Rebirth+5% Synergy
$9.28
Fell the Profane+5% Synergy
$4.89
Fling+5% Synergy
$0.09
Not Dead After All+4% Synergy
$0.54
Kazuul's Fury+4% Synergy
$0.51
Final Fortune+4% Synergy
$15.83
Return the Favor+3% Synergy
$1.27
Fake Your Own Death+3% Synergy
$0.06
Tragic Slip+3% Synergy
$0.15
Delayed Blast Fireball+2% Synergy
$8.98
Nasty End+2% Synergy
$0.09
Reckoner's Bargain+2% Synergy
$0.50
Feign Death+1% Synergy
$0.74
Pyretic Ritual+1% Synergy
$5.71
Dismember+1% Synergy
$6.10
Abrade0% Synergy
$0.14
Imp's Mischief0% Synergy
$2.57
Undying Malice0% Synergy
$0.48
Tibalt's Trickery-1% Synergy
$8.17
Seething Song-2% Synergy
$6.13
Lightning Bolt-4% Synergy
$0.90
Demand Answers-7% Synergy
$0.33
Infernal Grasp-8% Synergy
$0.36
Big Score-13% Synergy
$0.57
Bedevil-14% Synergy
$0.58
Chaos Warp-15% Synergy
$0.46
Rakdos Charm-17% Synergy
$0.68
Terminate-19% Synergy
$0.32
Sorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Rakdos, the Muscle's game plan and control the board.
Diabolic Intent+31% Synergy
$10.19
Infernal Plunge+30% Synergy
$0.37
Molten Duplication+26% Synergy
$17.05
Rite of Flame+16% Synergy
$3.71
Dread Return+13% Synergy
$0.29
Gamble+12% Synergy
$8.20
Imperial Seal+12% Synergy
$110.20
Seize the Spotlight+11% Synergy
$3.79
Furnace Reins+10% Synergy
$0.15
Claim the Firstborn+9% Synergy
$0.09
Take for a Ride+9% Synergy
$0.06
Come Back Wrong+8% Synergy
$0.26
Lively Dirge+8% Synergy
$0.34
Agadeem's Awakening+6% Synergy
$22.49
Mass Mutiny+6% Synergy
$0.17
Beseech the Mirror+5% Synergy
$11.62
Insurrection+5% Synergy
$6.24
Mob Rule+5% Synergy
$3.62
Persist+5% Synergy
$1.21
Act of Treason+5% Synergy
$0.05
Blasphemous Edict+4% Synergy
$4.48
Twinflame+4% Synergy
$4.94
Unearth+4% Synergy
$0.42
Insatiable Avarice+4% Synergy
$2.51
Living Death+4% Synergy
$2.24
Scheming Symmetry+4% Synergy
$5.54
Song-Mad Treachery+4% Synergy
$0.19
Final Vengeance+4% Synergy
$0.09
Pitiless Carnage+4% Synergy
$0.20
Vengeful Possession+4% Synergy
$0.06
Toxic Deluge+3% Synergy
$4.80
Wheel of Fortune+3% Synergy
$1467.68
Praetor's Grasp+3% Synergy
$12.64
Unmarked Grave+3% Synergy
$1.56
Shatterskull Smashing+2% Synergy
$7.87
Bone Shards+2% Synergy
$0.12
Mana Geyser+1% Synergy
$1.80
Bloodsoaked Insight+1% Synergy
$0.19
Buried Alive+1% Synergy
$0.91
Damnation0% Synergy
$18.53
Feed the Swarm-10% Synergy
$0.27
Vandalblast-14% Synergy
$2.62
Faithless Looting-14% Synergy
$0.27
Utility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
Altar of Dementia+13% Synergy
$11.16
Wishclaw Talisman+9% Synergy
$2.30
The One Ring+8% Synergy
$63.82
Jet Medallion+7% Synergy
$7.22
Skullclamp+5% Synergy
$5.02
Vat of Rebirth+4% Synergy
$0.27
Defense Grid+4% Synergy
$4.30
Tarrian's Journal+4% Synergy
$0.30
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder+2% Synergy
$0.93
Wayfarer's Bauble-6% Synergy
$0.22
Bolas's Citadel-7% Synergy
$10.89
Lightning Greaves-11% Synergy
$4.25
Swiftfoot Boots-12% Synergy
$1.38
Enchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Rakdos, the Muscle's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
Chthonian Nightmare+28% Synergy
$0.73
Animate Dead+24% Synergy
$6.69
Goblin Bombardment+22% Synergy
$2.93
Rakdos Joins Up+13% Synergy
$0.39
Passionate Archaeologist+12% Synergy
$14.51
Into the Pit+12% Synergy
$0.45
Black Market+8% Synergy
$3.38
Grave Pact+8% Synergy
$16.06
Sneak Attack+7% Synergy
$4.43
Industrial Advancement+6% Synergy
$1.39
Necromancy+5% Synergy
$6.85
Charred Foyer // Warped Space+5% Synergy
$0.71
At Knifepoint+3% Synergy
$0.10
Dictate of Erebos+3% Synergy
$13.39
Phyrexian Reclamation+2% Synergy
$2.86
Vampiric Rites+2% Synergy
$0.17
The Meathook Massacre+2% Synergy
$19.18
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker+2% Synergy
$6.99
Necropotence+1% Synergy
$17.10
Bastion of Remembrance+1% Synergy
$0.31
Black Market Connections-7% Synergy
$14.93
Phyrexian Arena-13% Synergy
$1.48
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that work alongside Rakdos, the Muscle to provide ongoing value and board presence.
Ob Nixilis, the Adversary+3% Synergy
$2.11
Liliana, Dreadhorde General+3% Synergy
$5.75
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
Phyrexian Tower+40% Synergy
$17.69
High Market+15% Synergy
$5.42
Emergence Zone+9% Synergy
$2.13
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+8% Synergy
$6.60
Spymaster's Vault+7% Synergy
$0.72
City of Traitors+6% Synergy
$345.06
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+5% Synergy
$48.82
Crystal Vein+5% Synergy
$5.93
Urza's Saga+4% Synergy
$40.60
Cabal Coffers+1% Synergy
$23.02
Vault of Whispers+1% Synergy
$1.97
Restless Vents0% Synergy
$0.22
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance0% Synergy
$0.90
Arena of Glory-1% Synergy
$11.58
Mortuary Mire-1% Synergy
$0.31
Castle Locthwain-2% Synergy
$3.89
Temple of the False God-3% Synergy
$0.13
Bojuka Bog-6% Synergy
$1.00
Reliquary Tower-7% Synergy
$1.98
Rogue's Passage-10% Synergy
$0.37
Mana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Lotus Petal+18% Synergy
$22.27
Talisman of Indulgence+13% Synergy
$1.92
Cursed Mirror+12% Synergy
$0.97
Fellwar Stone+10% Synergy
$0.95
Mox Diamond+9% Synergy
$629.02
Mox Opal+8% Synergy
$151.40
Arcane Signet+7% Synergy
$0.41
Jeweled Lotus+6% Synergy
$31.19
Grim Monolith+6% Synergy
$357.97
Sol Ring+5% Synergy
$1.20
Mana Crypt+5% Synergy
$59.88
Springleaf Drum+4% Synergy
$0.57
Mox Amber+2% Synergy
$65.22
Thran Dynamo+1% Synergy
$2.37
Liquimetal Torque0% Synergy
$1.14
Charcoal Diamond-4% Synergy
$0.25
Rakdos Signet-6% Synergy
$0.73
Mind Stone-8% Synergy
$0.24
Thought Vessel-8% Synergy
$1.25
Commander's Sphere-9% Synergy
$0.20
Lands
The mana base foundation for Rakdos, the Muscle decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Raucous Theater+18% Synergy
$8.39
Bloodstained Mire+17% Synergy
$12.14
Marsh Flats+15% Synergy
$21.97
Polluted Delta+15% Synergy
$14.54
City of Brass+15% Synergy
$17.02
Blood Crypt+14% Synergy
$15.09
Verdant Catacombs+14% Synergy
$18.87
Mana Confluence+14% Synergy
$29.02
Gemstone Caverns+14% Synergy
$53.67
Arid Mesa+13% Synergy
$23.37
Sulfurous Springs+12% Synergy
$1.56
Luxury Suite+12% Synergy
$13.04
Exotic Orchard+12% Synergy
$0.25
Badlands+12% Synergy
Scalding Tarn+12% Synergy
$23.61
Wooded Foothills+12% Synergy
$11.92
Mount Doom+11% Synergy
$3.15
Blazemire Verge+10% Synergy
$6.77
Lazotep Quarry+8% Synergy
$3.86
Cavern of Souls+5% Synergy
$33.03
Command Tower+2% Synergy
$0.21
Jagged Barrens+2% Synergy
$0.65
Spire of Industry+2% Synergy
$0.20
Blightstep Pathway+1% Synergy
$4.88
Prismatic Vista+1% Synergy
$32.13
Blackcleave Cliffs0% Synergy
$1.49
Sulfurous Mire0% Synergy
$0.23
Fabled Passage-1% Synergy
$4.92
Rakdos Guildgate-2% Synergy
$0.12
Dragonskull Summit-3% Synergy
$0.99
Haunted Ridge-3% Synergy
$4.00
Geothermal Bog-3% Synergy
$0.21
Canyon Slough-4% Synergy
$0.14
Tainted Peak-5% Synergy
$0.31
Graven Cairns-6% Synergy
$3.65
Shadowblood Ridge-7% Synergy
$0.23
Terramorphic Expanse-7% Synergy
$0.08
Path of Ancestry-7% Synergy
$0.18
Myriad Landscape-8% Synergy
$0.16
Rakdos Carnarium-9% Synergy
$0.32
Temple of Malice-9% Synergy
$0.20
Evolving Wilds-9% Synergy
$0.05
Bloodfell Caves-9% Synergy
$0.08
Foreboding Ruins-11% Synergy
$0.25
Smoldering Marsh-13% Synergy
$0.26
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