Rakdos, the Muscle
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary
- Power / toughness
- 6 / 5
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction #226 (mythic)
- Price
- $2.10 USD
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.
Rakdos, the Muscle has 4 printings, first in Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024). EDHREC ranks it #5,094 among Commander cards. It appears most in Laughing Jasper Flint decks (4,260 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Rakdos, the Muscle most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Laughing Jasper Flint: 4,260 decks
- Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector: 2,304 decks
- Edea, Possessed Sorceress: 1,249 decks
- Raphael, Fiendish Savior: 1,096 decks
- Akul the Unrepentant: 607 decks
- Don Andres, the Renegade: 571 decks
- Lucius the Eternal: 402 decks
- Fire Lord Ozai: 324 decks
Often played with Rakdos, the Muscle
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Use the mana value of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to exile.
- : If the sacrificed creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- : 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.