MTG Deck of the Week: “Rakdos Scam” – Highway Robbery
Check out the current trending decks in Magic: The Gathering! This week, “Rakdos Exile” keeps you one step ahead of your opponent by stealing all their stuff.
Welcome Magic: the Gathering players! We’re back to showcase one of the top decks of the week for competitive Magic. We have the top lists being played on MTGO, what’s winning, and the decks that won the major events this last week. So get your playmat ready, set your spindown to 20, and dive into the data, brought to us by TCGPlayer.com.
Our deck of the week is “Rakdos Scam” by adebevoise, which is currently trending on TCGPlayer. The deck came in first place during the MTGO Modern Challenge on July 8th.
Decklist
3 Blackcleave Cliffs
3 Blood Crypt
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Bloodtithe Harvester
2 Bonecrusher Giant
1 Castle Locthwain
4 Dauthi Voidwalker
2 Fatal Push
3 Feign Death
4 Fury
4 Grief
2 Lightning Bolt
2 Marsh Flats
1 Mount Doom
4 Orcish Bowmasters
2 Polluted Delta
4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
3 Swamp
2 Terminate
3 Thoughtseize
3 Undying Malice
1 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard
3 Blood Moon
2 Bonecrusher Giant
3 Chalice of the Void
1 Magus of the Moon
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
1 Unlicensed Hearse
Deck Notes
A standard Rakdos good stuff deck, this one goes above and beyond to control the opponent’s plays. Featuring EDH boogeymen Orcish Bowmasters and Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, this deck empties your opponent’s hand, steals their spells and permanents, then punishes them for trying to keep up. It does all this while still amassing an army for you and dishing out burn in typical Red fashion. The titular demon ringmaster may not be there, but his influence is felt for sure.
