Despite the PIPs to cast Rakdos, are you taking him pick 1 pack 1?
I finally got the chance to draft him in pack 3 and he absolutely dominated through 6 wins!
Please check it out in action here.
Curious how highly you’d pick him or splash him in a typical Black base deck?
Got FNM coming up so appreciate all the insight!
A 6/5 flampler with tremendous upside is a card I would first pick always (barring something even more insane in the pack).
Staying open to one color is nice, but it’s very easy to splash in this set and this card is nuts. You could even mill your opponent with it.
Absolutely. Took my new-to-magic friend to a pre-release, and came back from the bathroom to some scrub trying to tell him a 6/6 vigilant body for 6 ([[Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation]]) wasn't good enough for limited. Like, wtf is wrong with you?
Big flyer at rate is always good.
Also you know, with enough creatures he actually becomes a pillow fort mill wincon... Just keep blocking and then saccing another blocker to make him indestructible the. Exile all the cards in an opponents deck. Draft(40 card) with no extra draws aside from for turn would only have 28-29 cards left in deck on turn 5 so a few 4 drop creatures and you could have them milled out by 10 or 11 if the aggro doesn't work out
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Definitely stealing the term Flampler
Flample is a long-standing term.
Yup stealing Flampler
Absolutely, it is a fantastic bomb and really only requires you to be in black. Look for a red splash, and he is amazing.
A lot of my 5C soup decks end up being Golgari-based, so it’s not really that hard of a splash. It’s also one of the highest GIHW% cards in the set, so yeah I think it’s worth it. Doesn’t lock you into rakdos because of the 5c control deck which is also just one of the best things to be drafting right now.
Yeah definitely find myself in 4 colors most drafts that I record for YT.
lol you coming out to cool comics tonight buddy???
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What is GIHW% ?
Game in hand win rate from 17lands.com. Basically the # of games that 17lands users have won when they drafted and drew this card.
Oh for sure. Even without the extra text he’s a 6/6 flying trample. Built in protection and you can play your opponents cards is nuts.
Yes. I pulled 2 in a draft and folks conceded on sight.
And mill then simultaneously. Sacrifice the 4 drop from turn 4 and a few other 3 drops and you can have them milled out by turn 9-10
Disney rakdos is a cool card
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100% - the upside is huge. It’s very easy to splash in this format so you can run it in basically any deck that’s base Black.
I really need a copy of this for Megatron. Damn.
Now we’re talking… lemme know what you cook up.
Ewww…….. I love this, thanks
My favorite synergy card with Megatron I never see others with is [[Forbidden Orchard]]
They aren’t casting creatures? Force them to have one.
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One of the biggest bombs in the set. Yes
For sure. I'd pick this, then start leaning towards BG or BW and try to pick up some red deserts to splash with.
Other than og oko i think this is an immediate insta lock
6/5 flying trample for 5 is good enough most of the time
The additional abilities just make him better, and from what I’ve experienced, black is usually pretty open in this format so you’re likely to isolate other good cards too.
If only to prevent an opponent from playing against me, yes
I need one
We all do.
I would consider this a no-brainer at pick 1. An unsolvable bomb with evasion is nutso bonkers in limited. This is the card you feel guilty to play.
No regrets 😈
This one you want to use a vampire/zombie/orc token deck, and then it would be overpowered
Used it in my sealed deck at pre release and went undefeated. He was the MVP in every game
Yeah in a slower sealed game. Disgusting
Well, how can I say this...
YES!
Not p1p1 maybe later in the draft if I go those colors
Totally fair, I’d probably build around early honestly with that value tho. Jasper Flint probably still better in red black.
Jasper Flint is awesome. I even liked Vial Smasher pinger for outlaws, which is great for the colors.
Would love to sit next to you in a draft, why wouldn’t you take this card? Virtually impossible you would have a better card in the same pack.
I guess maybe if they got original Oko or something? Otherwise yeah
He is two win cons in one card and is a huge body with evasion. Easy pick one pack one.
100% would
I haven't even played this set, and I'd snatch it up in a second... The card looks absolutely nuts... This has to be a joke, right?
I like him. I’d take Rakdos in a heartbeat.
What uncommon or common would you pick over this? Seems an easy p1p1.
The only reason not to take Rakdos is because those bastards didn’t give him a hat.
Lmao true
Anyone saying they’d pass this will never be a successful magic player. My god.
A 6/5 beater with flying and trample and built in protection is an absolute p1p1
Yes, it’s very hard to deal with barring exile removal, is a 3 turn flying clock, and can gain card advantage . It’s a straightforward bomb
I agree. Dipping into 2 colors right away usually annoying but this is so worth building around from experience.
I would 100% pick him first pick. Not only is he a bomby flyer, has protection, he is B/R which has been a great combo in limited for forever now.
Yeah Rakdos decks been overperforming with the right pieces. I need to draft it more on the channel.
i don't think there's a single pick 1 in all of OTJ that's better than rakdos
Jasper is close for me. Otherwise, Oko and Bonny pall?
ugh, fucking oko. of course i forgot like a dumb fucking 3/3 elk
Yes
Yeah, I’d say so. I played against it in a (virtual) prerelease and it was a problem to deal with. Took me a few turns to draw into a solution, and by then they got out another big flying threat and that was game.
Also, don’t sleep on trample. Flying trample. Yeah, it’s worth a pick 1.
Wait, Rakdos is in Pirates 2.0? Are they on Ravnica or Ixalan again?
Are you trolling. Rakdos is worth pivoting your entire deck if you open him pack two or even three.
That can be tough sometimes, but I do think he’s worth a pivot if you can… just not always doable if you’re green white mounts 2 packs through or something.
Yeah jes amazimg
Love to see the “only once each turn” or whatever on the second ability.
Yes.
Considering he is Akuul but better and akuul is already a tough card to beat, YES
UPDATE - I just faced this card on stream on arena and yeah it’s almost unstoppable without an exile effect.
Agree, he’s better than Akuul. Less resources lost
This qualifies as a shitpost right? You don’t pass bombs in drafts and I’m pretty sure that card is in the top 10 cards of the set on pretty much every tier list…
Ravnica lore: "Lord Rakdos is a immortal demon, leader of a anarchist death cult named after him. A figure larger than life, he is as temperamental, as cunning and unpredictable, embodying the very essence of the Red and Black.
WotC: "What if we make him a muscular idiot?"
Anyway, the card is awesome. The art not as much.
Yes.
I would. He's a threat with evasion at base level, and with a single creature he brings protection and sometimes card advantage. Granted, hard to cast, but he's also just a cool card to pocket.