Card

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Mana cost {B}{B}{R}{R}

Legendary Creature — Demon 6/6

You can't cast Rakdos unless an opponent lost life this turn. Flying, trample Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

Part of 165 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 7 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · RTR · #187
Cheapest printing
€0.95
EDHREC salt
0.46
Color identity
Black, Red
Keywords
Flying, Trample

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Ancestral Statue, Primordial Mist
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Ancestral Statue, Primordial Mist
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with Ancestral Statue, Primordial Mist (none of them early)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

165 known combos, 2 of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2020-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast
    Rakdos's last ability cares about the total life lost, not necessarily what an opponent's life total is compared to what it was at the beginning of the turn. For example, if an opponent loses 5 life and then gains 10 life in a turn, creature spells you cast will cost {5} less to cast.
  • 2020-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast
    Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • 2020-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast
    Rakdos can be put onto the battlefield by another spell or ability even if no opponent has lost life that turn.
  • 2020-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast
    Rakdos's last ability won't reduce the cost to cast Rakdos itself. It applies only to creature spells you cast once Rakdos is on the battlefield.
  • 2020-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast
    If there are additional costs to cast a creature spell, such as a kicker cost or the commander tax, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
  • 2020-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast
    If an opponent lost life and subsequently lost the game, Rakdos's first ability is satisfied, and its last ability counts that loss of life.
  • 2020-11-10 · Wizards of the Coast
    Rakdos's last ability can't reduce the colored mana requirement of a creature spell you cast.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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