Desperate Rituals • (Rakdos Commander deck) • Archidekt

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The Scorpion God

Whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies, draw a card.

: Put a -1/-1 counter on another target creature.
When The Scorpion God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Legendary Creature - God

$0.99 $0.65 $0.18

Commander

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Black Sun's Zenith

Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Sorcery

$16.99 $26.49 $12.51

Carnifex Demon

Flying
This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it.

, Remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on each other creature.

Creature - Demon Phyrexian

$0.59 $0.84 $0.16

Everlasting Torment

Players can't gain life.
Damage can't be prevented.
All damage is dealt as though its source had wither. (A source with wither deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Enchantment

$1.29 $2.09 $0.59

Glistening Oil

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has infect.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment - Aura

$13.99 $11.85 $6.47

Hateflayer

Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

: This creature deals damage equal to its power to any target. (

is the untap symbol.)

Creature - Elemental

$2.99 $2.47 $0.92

Kulrath Knight

Flying
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Creatures your opponents control with counters on them can't attack or block.

Creature - Knight Elemental

$0.39 $0.68 $0.15

Midnight Banshee

Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on each nonblack creature.

Creature - Spirit

$0.99 $1.66 $0.15

Murderous Redcap

When this creature enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature - Goblin Assassin

$1.99 $2.31 $1.11

Nest of Scarabs

Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.

Enchantment

$5.49 $4.72 $2.39

Persistent Constrictor

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature - Zombie Snake

$19.99 $9.67 $9.66

Rise of the Dark Realms

Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery

$21.99 $21.63 $20.71

Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

: Skithiryx gains haste until end of turn.

: Regenerate Skithiryx.

Legendary Creature - Dragon Skeleton Phyrexian

Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon (plst) SOM-79

$16.99 $13.43 $11.17

Spitting Dilophosaurus

Whenever this creature enters or attacks, put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature.
Creatures your opponents control with -1/-1 counters on them can't block.

Creature - Dinosaur

$37.99 $25.55 $25.06

Thunderblust

Haste
This creature has trample as long as it has a -1/-1 counter on it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature - Elemental

$0.69 $0.52 $0.35

-1/-1 Support

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Stinging Study

You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.

Instant

$15.99 $9.19 $7.31

Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.32 $0.19

Wretched Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Target player draws a card and loses 1 life.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

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Blood for the Blood God!

This spell costs

less to cast for each creature that died this turn.
Discard your hand, then draw eight cards. Blood for the Blood God! deals 8 damage to each opponent. Exile Blood for the Blood God!

Instant

$9.99 $5.09 $4.06

Dusk Urchins

Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, put a -1/-1 counter on it.
When this creature dies, draw a card for each -1/-1 counter on it.

Creature - Ouphe

$1.49 $4.45 $0.52

Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.39 $0.28

Massacre Girl, Known Killer

Menace
Creatures you control have wither. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, if its toughness was less than 1, draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Assassin

$1.49 $0.90 $0.60

Rakdos, Patron of Chaos

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your end step, target opponent may sacrifice two nonland, nontoken permanents of their choice. If they don't, you draw two cards.

Legendary Creature - Demon

$8.49 $6.29 $4.15

Vraska, Betrayal's Sting

Compleated (

can be paid with

or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.)
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life. Proliferate.
−2: Target creature becomes a Treasure artifact with "

, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and loses all other card types and abilities.
−9: If target player has fewer than nine poison counters, they get a number of poison counters equal to the difference.

Legendary Planeswalker - Vraska

$32.99 $29.66 $21.64

Draw

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Akki Ember-Keeper

Whenever a nontoken modified creature you control dies, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature Enchantment - Goblin Warrior

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Butcher Ghoul

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature - Zombie

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Festering Mummy

When this creature dies, you may put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Creature - Zombie

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Greedy Freebooter

When this creature dies, scry 1 and create a Treasure token. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. A Treasure token is an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature - Human Pirate

$1.99 $0.41 $0.18

Hunted Bonebrute

Menace
When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 1/1 white Dog creature tokens.
When this creature dies, each opponent loses 3 life.
Disguise

Creature - Beast Skeleton

$0.59 $0.18 $0.15

Impulsive Pilferer

When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Encore

(

, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature - Goblin Pirate

$0.99 $0.47 $0.19

Shambling Ghast

When this creature dies, choose one —
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature - Zombie

$1.49 $0.44 $0.23

Vindictive Lich

When this creature dies, choose one or more. Each mode must target a different player.
• Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
• Target opponent discards two cards.
• Target opponent loses 5 life.

Creature - Wizard Zombie

$1.29 $0.52 $0.41

Fodder

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Abrade

Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.

Instant

$0.39 $0.26 $0.15

Anzrag's Rampage

Destroy all artifacts you don't control, then exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts that were put into graveyards from the battlefield this turn. You may put a creature card exiled this way onto the battlefield. It gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Archenemy's Charm

Choose one —
• Exile target creature or planeswalker.
• Return one or two target creature and/or planeswalker cards from your graveyard to your hand.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. It gains lifelink until end of turn.

Instant

$2.29 $2.31 $0.41

Blasphemous Act

This spell costs

less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery

$1.99 $1.13 $0.88

Bolt Bend

This spell costs

less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant

$5.49 $3.36 $3.03

Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant

$0.69 $0.39 $0.35

Fall of the Titans

Surge

(You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
Fall of the Titans deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

Instant

$2.79 $0.62 $0.64

Ghostfire Slice

Devoid (This card has no color.)
This spell costs

less to cast if an opponent controls a multicolored permanent.
Ghostfire Slice deals 4 damage to any target.

Instant

$0.39 $0.28 $0.15

Gix's Command

Choose two —
• Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one creature. It gains lifelink until end of turn.
• Destroy each creature with power 2 or less.
• Return up to two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.49 $0.15

Kolaghan's Command

Choose two —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Target player discards a card.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Kolaghan's Command deals 2 damage to any target.

Instant

$0.49 $0.38 $0.35

Malakir Rebirth

Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111

$18.99 $10.81 $10.85

Parting Thoughts

Destroy target creature. You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of counters on that creature.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.25 $0.15

Puncture Blast

Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
Puncture Blast deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Rakdos Charm

Choose one —
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant

$0.99 $0.45 $0.45

Return the Favor

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+

— Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
+

— Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant

$1.49 $1.20 $0.40

Sickening Shoal

You may exile a black card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Instant - Arcane

$9.99 $8.30 $4.13

Untimely Malfunction

Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.

Instant

$14.99 $8.67 $7.81

Interaction

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Blackcleave Cliffs

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.

: Add

Land

$4.49 $1.72 $1.57

Blazemire Verge

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Swamp or a Mountain.

Land

$19.99 $14.30 $12.87

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.79 $0.38 $0.18

Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.

: Add

Land

$1.29 $0.69 $0.26

Dwarven Ruins

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Add

Land

$2.29 $2.96 $0.41

Ebon Stronghold

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Add

Land

$0.99 $1.07 $0.25

Forbidden Orchard

: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

Land

$12.99 $10.42 $9.07

Foreboding Ruins

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.37 $0.25

Graven Cairns

: Add

, or

Land

$6.99 $5.37 $3.89

Ifnir Deadlands

: Add

, Pay 1 life: Add

, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land - Desert

$0.59 $0.29 $0.15

Inkmoth Nexus

: Add

: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Land

$20.99 $14.00 $8.33

Luxury Suite

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$13.99 $10.38 $9.38

Mines of Moria

Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.

: Add

, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.

Legendary Land

$3.49 $2.52 $1.63

Mountain

(

: Add

Basic Land - Mountain

$12.99 $9.91 $9.60

Rakdos Carnarium

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.37 $0.30

Raucous Theater

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land - Swamp Mountain

$17.99 $12.72 $10.93

Scavenger Grounds

: Add

, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

Land - Desert

$0.59 $0.80 $0.15

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

: Add

.
Channel —

, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs

less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Legendary Land

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276

$3.99 $2.51 $1.68

Sulfurous Springs

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$2.79 $2.58 $0.92

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$42.99 $30.72 $29.65

Tainted Peak

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land

$1.99 $1.43 $1.17

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

: Add

.
Channel —

, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs

less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Legendary Land

$19.99 $12.64 $10.78

Land

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Apex of Power

Exile the top seven cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among them.
If this spell was cast from your hand, add ten mana of any one color.

Sorcery

$1.79 $1.21 $0.75

Burnt Offering

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add X mana in any combination of

and/or

, where X is the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Instant

$0.79 $1.46 $0.61

Cabal Ritual

Add

.
Threshold — Add

instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Instant

$18.99 $10.25 $9.70

Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$8.99 $4.57 $4.37

Desperate Ritual

Add

.
Splice onto Arcane

(As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Instant - Arcane

$23.99 $20.27 $21.12

Explosive Welcome

Explosive Welcome deals 5 damage to any target and 3 damage to any other target. Add

Instant

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Geosurge

Add

. Spend this mana only to cast artifact or creature spells.

Sorcery

$4.49 $4.24 $2.34

Infernal Plunge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.35 $0.15

Irencrag Feat

Add seven

. You can cast only one more spell this turn.

Sorcery

$3.49 $4.91 $3.46

Mana Geyser

Add

for each tapped land your opponents control.

Sorcery

$1.79 $1.92 $1.00

Open the Omenpaths

Choose one —
• Add two mana of any one color and two mana of any other color. Spend this mana only to cast creature or enchantment spells.
• Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Pyretic Ritual

Add

Instant

$37.99 $42.02 $26.32

Rite of Flame

Add

, then add

for each card named Rite of Flame in each graveyard.

Sorcery

$8.99 $5.91 $5.61

Sacrifice

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add an amount of

equal to the sacrificed creature's mana value.

Instant

$23.99 $17.00 $14.47

Seething Song

Add

Instant

$10.99 $11.11 $9.70

Simian Spirit Guide

Exile this card from your hand: Add

Creature - Ape Spirit

$3.49 $3.93 $1.79

Rituals

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Cacophony Scamp

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature - Goblin Warrior Phyrexian

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Corrosive Mentor

Black creatures you control have wither. (They deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Creature - Elemental Rogue

$4.99 $6.94 $2.47

Harbinger of Night

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature.

Creature - Spirit

$18.99 $23.67 $14.57

Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker

Whenever a creature with power 1 or less is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step if Shirei is still on the battlefield.

Legendary Creature - Spirit

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Maybeboard

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Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant

$0.99 $0.44 $0.30

Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

, Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod. (

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)

Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian

$8.99 $6.12 $6.04

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.

, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric

$34.99 $27.53 $26.74

Remove

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $437.51

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.60Total Mana Value: 234.00

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Avg Mana Value: 3.60Total Mana Value: 234.00

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