Card
Rakdos, the Muscle
Mana cost {2}{B}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary 6/5
Flying, trample Whenever you sacrifice another creature, exile cards equal to its mana value from the top of target player's library. Until your next end step, you may play those cards, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells. Sacrifice another creature: Rakdos gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. Activate only once each turn.
Part of 558 known combos, one of them two-card. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · OTJ · #226
- Cheapest printing
- €1.58
- EDHREC salt
- 0.35
- Color identity
- Black, Red
- Keywords
- Flying, Trample
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Doomsday Excruciator
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Doomsday Excruciator
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Doomsday Excruciator
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Doomsday Excruciator (early with Doomsday Excruciator)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
558 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Rakdos, the Muscle + Forsaken Miner + Phyrexian Altar
Produces: Cast any number of spells from opponents' libraries, Exile each opponent's library, Infinite death triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Rakdos, the Muscle + Golgari Thug + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Rakdos, the Muscle + Doomsday Excruciator
Produces: Each opponent loses the game, Exile each opponent's library
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast
Use the mana value of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to exile. - 2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast
If the sacrificed creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value. - 2024-04-12 · Wizards of the Coast
You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played from exile with Rakdos's triggered ability. For example, if the exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast