Rakdos, Lord of Riots

[Mr. Safety]

I've taken one shot at commander before, playing a B/G graveyard deck with Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord. I ended up selling my Survival of the Fittest and other cards, so I'm stuck without a commander deck ATM. I'm looking for a pretty high Timmy factor here, big demons, big dragons, flashy spells. I have an initial list started but I am painfully unaware of how to build a decent commander deck, right down to not even knowing how many lands to play.

Here is my rough list, I would love to get some ideas in here to finish it up. Theme is to make play big dudes discounted with Rakdos, reanimate big dudes, from the graveyard, and use pox-like effects to work the early game. I really like the Blood Speaker synergy of finding a demon and then getting it back when I play/reanimate Rakdos or another demon.


Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Bloodgift Demon
Thundermaw Hellkite
Bogardan Hellkite
Abyssal Persecutor
Bladewing the Risen
Blood Speaker
Hell’s Caretaker
Demon of Dark Schemes
Desecration Demon
Mindwrack Demon
Rune-Scarred Demon
Flameblast Dragon
Flametongue Kavu

Read the Bones
Barter in Blood
Diabolic Edict
Innocent Blood
Damnation
Entomb
Buried Alive
Faithless Looting
Zombify
Kolaghan’s Command
Torrent of Souls
Sulfurous Blast
Rakdos Charm
Shred Memory
Slaughter Games
Bituminous Blast
Animate Dead
Dark Ritual
Cabal Ritual
Seething Song
Dark Petition
Demonic Tutor
Tormenting Voice
Sol Ring
Demonic Dread
Sensei’s Divining Top
Expedition Map
Diabolic Tutor
Demonfire
Rakdos Keyrune
Toxic Deluge

Bojuka Bog
Bloodstained Mire
Blood Crypt
Sulfurous Springs
Lavaclaw Reaches
Wasteland
Ghost Quarter
Maze of Ith
Molten Slagheep
Barren moor
Forgotten Cave
R/B cycle duel
Dragonskull Summit
X Swamps
X Mountain
Rakdos Guildgate
Rakdos Carnarium