saw a guy drop this and sac half his permanents, then an opponent used high tide followed by Turn to mist on it then dropped a mistmeadow witch and used her ability on him. then used unmake
Posted By:
be-ash
(9/21/2010 6:39:15 PM)
I was so excited to get a copy of the leader of the Rakdos guild! Like most demons, he offers you mana-efficient power in return for sacrifice. Rakdos' sacrifice, though, is steeper than most, to make up for his extremely strong combat damage trigger. As many people here have pointed out, you would really hesitate to use him for fear of attacking, sacrificing dutifully and then having him "swordsed" before he deals any damage to your opponent.
If you ever had a way to get Rakdos into play "tapped and attacking" (a la ninjutsu), though... he would be a force to be reckoned with. Volrath's Shapeshifter comes to mind. I'm sure there must be other tricks...
Posted By:
Leshrac_Nightwalker
(12/7/2010 12:07:04 PM)
@Demonic Math Tutor
Rakdos would probably make a better EDH general, if only because there's no fun in playing against a Kaervek deck. Using Kaervek suggests that you don't care about fun or good deck construction; it just makes you look like a jerk.
As for Rakdos, he's scary, but he can backfire rather easily. In EDH, where Swords to Plowshares and Trickbind are staples, Rakdos can easily end up hurting you a lot more than an opponent. He also becomes markedly less threatening in multiplayer games.
If you're looking for a black-red general, Malfegor is probably a better choice. He quickly sweeps your opponents' board (something that very few generals can do) and your deck will be built to make having cards in your graveyard a positive.
I know I didn't really answer your "Which is better?" question, but Malfegor is an option you should consider.
Posted By:
Japicx
(2/5/2011 9:31:41 PM)
if you splash blue for sakiahima the impostor then you can get 2 rakdo's out.when i started playing magic i loved black/red when i went and saw the art of rakdos i thought he had bad-ass picture ran him just cause . I wish he would they word him better have been so much better if he just destroyed 2 lands an attack. or at least made his ability when he attacks everybody sacrifices permanents. a decent ability on him would 2 damage to each creature and player. hellbent--3 damage to the defending player each creature he or she controls damage. that would actually make sense since it would go with the whole mechanic of the guild.
Posted By:
Huffytreefolkman
(6/28/2011 5:30:04 PM)
the flavor of this is badass, just badass.
Posted By:
GengilOrbios
(7/27/2011 10:31:29 AM)
If this isn't a double edged sword, than I've yet to see one.
Wonderful demon flavor :D
Posted By:
Hayw00d0909
(8/1/2011 6:42:45 AM)
@Kelptic183 Prince of Thralls is always a good second-best to It That Betrays
Posted By:
htgtmd
(3/28/2012 12:28:59 PM)
Hmmm, Sword of War and Peace... Light and Shadow... Mask of Avacyn...
Posted By:
Jormgund
(4/16/2012 3:02:30 PM)
Rakdos has always been one of my favorite cards, I think that it really embodies B/R, including the drawback.
I recently started playing Two headed-giant EDH, and that presented a question to me: When Rakdos attacks, I have to sacrifice half of my non-demon permanents, but when if combat damage goes through, would BOTH players on the opponent's side have to sacrifice half their non-demon permanents since they share a life total? Am I playing this right?
Thanks so much for the help :D
Posted By:
Knotdeadyet
(4/27/2012 4:01:07 PM)
@Doddi you wont have a demon mountain. In fact you won't have any lands because they would be artifacts with power and toughness equal to their CMC.
Posted By:
sincarnation
(5/2/2012 4:23:17 PM)