Judith, Carnage Connoisseur (Commander) - Budget Burn

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Arnaud Gompertz
Oct 29, 2025
Five Painfully Simple Ways to Play Weird Rakdos
Arnaud continues his Branching Out series by looking at some off-kilter ideas for brewing fun decks in Rakdos (black and red).
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Jennika's Technique
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
10%synergy
Manhole Missile
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Skateboard
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Bot Bashing Time
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Pain 101
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
4%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Blazing Volley
85%inclusion193 decks228 decks
82%synergy
Tectonic Hazard
86%inclusion195 decks228 decks
80%synergy
Guttersnipe
79%inclusion180 decks228 decks
70%synergy
Smash to Dust
72%inclusion164 decks228 decks
70%synergy
Electrickery
71%inclusion163 decks228 decks
69%synergy
Scouring Sands
61%inclusion140 decks228 decks
60%synergy
Young Pyromancer
58%inclusion133 decks228 decks
55%synergy
Village Rites
70%inclusion159 decks228 decks
54%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
63%inclusion144 decks228 decks
53%synergy
Boiling Earth
52%inclusion118 decks228 decks
51%synergy
Top Cards
Abrade
64%inclusion146 decks228 decks
43%synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
57%inclusion130 decks228 decks
44%synergy
Sign in Blood
57%inclusion129 decks228 decks
34%synergy
End the Festivities
56%inclusion128 decks228 decks
50%synergy
Fiery Inscription
54%inclusion124 decks228 decks
49%synergy
Fiery Confluence
54%inclusion124 decks228 decks
50%synergy
Read the Bones
53%inclusion120 decks228 decks
40%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
53%inclusion120 decks228 decks
47%synergy
Tor Wauki the Younger
53%inclusion120 decks228 decks
49%synergy
Faithless Looting
48%inclusion109 decks228 decks
20%synergy
Creatures
Erebor Flamesmith
48%inclusion109 decks228 decks
46%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
47%inclusion108 decks228 decks
36%synergy
Thermo-Alchemist
45%inclusion102 decks228 decks
39%synergy
Firebrand Archer
44%inclusion100 decks228 decks
38%synergy
Kessig Flamebreather
44%inclusion100 decks228 decks
38%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
39%inclusion22 decks56 decks
30%synergy
Pestilent Spirit
38%inclusion86 decks228 decks
36%synergy
Coruscation Mage
36%inclusion65 decks183 decks
27%synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
35%inclusion80 decks228 decks
32%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
33%inclusion75 decks228 decks
30%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
29%inclusion66 decks228 decks
26%synergy
Gimli, Counter of Kills
28%inclusion64 decks228 decks
27%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
27%inclusion61 decks228 decks
12%synergy
Electrostatic Field
25%inclusion57 decks228 decks
22%synergy
Charmbreaker Devils
23%inclusion53 decks228 decks
22%synergy
Rodeo Pyromancers
23%inclusion53 decks228 decks
22%synergy
Fang Dragon
21%inclusion49 decks228 decks
21%synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
20%inclusion45 decks228 decks
12%synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
18%inclusion10 decks56 decks
15%synergy
Unruly Catapult
17%inclusion39 decks228 decks
15%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
17%inclusion38 decks228 decks
4%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
16%inclusion36 decks228 decks
-5%synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
15%inclusion35 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Viscera Seer
15%inclusion34 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
13%inclusion26 decks203 decks
6%synergy
Barbed Servitor
12%inclusion28 decks228 decks
11%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Witty Roastmaster
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Backdraft Hellkite
11%inclusion25 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Mysidian Elder
11%inclusion6 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Brash Taunter
11%inclusion24 decks228 decks
0%synergy
Hissing Iguanar
11%inclusion24 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Embermaw Hellion
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Kamber, the Plunderer
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Firespitter Whelp
10%inclusion11 decks115 decks
8%synergy
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
9.2%inclusion21 decks228 decks
2%synergy
Runaway Steam-Kin
9.2%inclusion21 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Queen Brahne
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
2%synergy
Ardent Elementalist
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
8.0%inclusion4 decks50 decks
5%synergy
Blood Artist
7.9%inclusion18 decks228 decks
-11%synergy
Lorcan, Warlock Collector
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Burnished Hart
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
2%synergy
Fire Servant
6.6%inclusion15 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Magar of the Magic Strings
6.6%inclusion15 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
6.1%inclusion14 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Instants
Shock
45%inclusion102 decks228 decks
42%synergy
Wail of the Nim
44%inclusion101 decks228 decks
43%synergy
Undying Malice
43%inclusion99 decks228 decks
37%synergy
Cast into the Fire
42%inclusion95 decks228 decks
40%synergy
Lightning Bolt
41%inclusion93 decks228 decks
23%synergy
Deadly Dispute
39%inclusion88 decks228 decks
12%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
38%inclusion87 decks228 decks
20%synergy
Rakdos Charm
38%inclusion86 decks228 decks
-6%synergy
Not Dead After All
36%inclusion83 decks228 decks
27%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
36%inclusion83 decks228 decks
30%synergy
Costly Plunder
36%inclusion82 decks228 decks
33%synergy
Demand Answers
35%inclusion79 decks228 decks
22%synergy
Altar's Reap
34%inclusion78 decks228 decks
33%synergy
Feign Death
25%inclusion57 decks228 decks
19%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
23%inclusion47 decks205 decks
21%synergy
Flick a Coin
22%inclusion51 decks228 decks
21%synergy
Chaos Warp
21%inclusion49 decks228 decks
-26%synergy
Armor of Shadows
21%inclusion48 decks228 decks
20%synergy
Dual Shot
21%inclusion47 decks228 decks
20%synergy
Terminate
20%inclusion45 decks228 decks
-20%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
19%inclusion44 decks228 decks
17%synergy
Nasty End
19%inclusion44 decks228 decks
15%synergy
Dark Ritual
19%inclusion43 decks228 decks
-23%synergy
Starstorm
18%inclusion40 decks228 decks
17%synergy
Bedevil
16%inclusion37 decks228 decks
-19%synergy
Lightning Strike
16%inclusion36 decks228 decks
14%synergy
Fanatical Offering
13%inclusion30 decks228 decks
11%synergy
Dark Dabbling
13%inclusion30 decks228 decks
13%synergy
Fire Magic
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
10%synergy
Return to Action
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
11%inclusion24 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
11%inclusion6 decks57 decks
10%synergy
Big Score
11%inclusion24 decks228 decks
-9%synergy
Professor's Warning
11%inclusion24 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Electric Revelation
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Kolaghan's Command
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
4%synergy
Blood Pact
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
5%synergy
Return the Favor
9.2%inclusion21 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Offer Immortality
9.2%inclusion21 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
8.3%inclusion19 decks228 decks
-5%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
7.9%inclusion18 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Chandra's Fury
7.9%inclusion18 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Rowan's Grim Search
7.9%inclusion18 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Expedite
7.5%inclusion17 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Radiating Lightning
7.5%inclusion17 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Fire Covenant
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
1%synergy
Invoke Calamity
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Ashnod's Intervention
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Chain Reaction
46%inclusion106 decks228 decks
42%synergy
Barrage of Boulders
41%inclusion93 decks228 decks
40%synergy
Feed the Swarm
41%inclusion93 decks228 decks
-1%synergy
Blasphemous Act
38%inclusion87 decks228 decks
-12%synergy
Mizzium Mortars
35%inclusion79 decks228 decks
33%synergy
Hazardous Blast
31%inclusion70 decks228 decks
30%synergy
Cosmotronic Wave
29%inclusion67 decks228 decks
29%synergy
Grab the Prize
28%inclusion41 decks146 decks
18%synergy
Iroh's Demonstration
28%inclusion10 decks36 decks
26%synergy
Fear, Fire, Foes!
26%inclusion60 decks228 decks
26%synergy
Star of Extinction
26%inclusion60 decks228 decks
25%synergy
Grapeshot
22%inclusion51 decks228 decks
17%synergy
Playful Shove
21%inclusion39 decks183 decks
21%synergy
Earthquake
21%inclusion48 decks228 decks
20%synergy
Night's Whisper
20%inclusion46 decks228 decks
1%synergy
Flame Rift
16%inclusion37 decks228 decks
14%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
16%inclusion9 decks56 decks
7%synergy
Volcanic Vision
13%inclusion30 decks228 decks
13%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
13%inclusion29 decks228 decks
12%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
13%inclusion29 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Risky Shortcut
13%inclusion8 decks63 decks
10%synergy
Circle of Power
13%inclusion7 decks56 decks
4%synergy
Worthy Cost
12%inclusion7 decks57 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Plunge
12%inclusion27 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Tormenting Voice
12%inclusion27 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Bankrupt in Blood
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
11%synergy
Victimize
11%inclusion25 decks228 decks
-4%synergy
Ignite the Future
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Mana Geyser
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
-2%synergy
Ghired's Belligerence
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Into the Fire
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Boltwave
10%inclusion11 decks111 decks
3%synergy
Decode Transmissions
10%inclusion5 decks51 decks
9%synergy
Seize the Spoils
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Light Up the Stage
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
0%synergy
Diresight
9.3%inclusion17 decks183 decks
7%synergy
Pitiless Carnage
9.2%inclusion21 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Skewer the Critics
9.2%inclusion21 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Suplex
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
6%synergy
Past in Flames
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Reckless Blaze
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
8%synergy
Highway Robbery
8.3%inclusion19 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Anger of the Gods
7.5%inclusion17 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
7.2%inclusion15 decks207 decks
-1%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Vandalblast
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
-23%synergy
Hell to Pay
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
5%synergy
Boulder Dash
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Cinder Strike
6.7%inclusion2 decks30 decks
6%synergy
Megaton's Fate
6.6%inclusion15 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Wayfarer's Bauble
40%inclusion91 decks228 decks
26%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
23%inclusion52 decks228 decks
-9%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
12%inclusion28 decks228 decks
12%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Ore-Rich Stalactite
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Culling Dais
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Requiem Monolith
6.1%inclusion3 decks49 decks
5%synergy
Lightning Greaves
5.7%inclusion13 decks228 decks
-29%synergy
The Fire Nation Drill
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Enchantments
Vampiric Rites
30%inclusion68 decks228 decks
27%synergy
Impact Tremors
28%inclusion63 decks228 decks
16%synergy
Sanguine Bond
21%inclusion49 decks228 decks
17%synergy
Return the Past
16%inclusion36 decks228 decks
15%synergy
Double Vision
14%inclusion33 decks228 decks
13%synergy
Arcane Bombardment
12%inclusion28 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Theater of Horrors
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
2%synergy
Festival of Embers
9.3%inclusion17 decks183 decks
9%synergy
Aria of Flame
9.2%inclusion21 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
4%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
-15%synergy
Dark Privilege
8.3%inclusion19 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Shadows of the Past
8.3%inclusion19 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Artist's Talent
8.2%inclusion15 decks183 decks
4%synergy
Greed
7.9%inclusion18 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Fire Nation Occupation
5.6%inclusion2 decks36 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jaya Ballard
13%inclusion29 decks228 decks
12%synergy
Jaya, Venerated Firemage
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
12%inclusion27 decks228 decks
-24%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
8.9%inclusion5 decks56 decks
-1%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.9%inclusion18 decks228 decks
-10%synergy
Restless Vents
7.0%inclusion16 decks228 decks
2%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.6%inclusion15 decks228 decks
-3%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
75%inclusion172 decks228 decks
-7%synergy
Sol Ring
70%inclusion159 decks228 decks
-16%synergy
Rakdos Signet
64%inclusion146 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Mind Stone
53%inclusion120 decks228 decks
24%synergy
Commander's Sphere
45%inclusion102 decks228 decks
28%synergy
Fire Diamond
39%inclusion89 decks228 decks
31%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
36%inclusion82 decks228 decks
28%synergy
Fellwar Stone
25%inclusion57 decks228 decks
-9%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
19%inclusion44 decks228 decks
-36%synergy
Prismatic Lens
12%inclusion27 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Rakdos Locket
11%inclusion26 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Glittering Stockpile
11%inclusion25 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Worn Powerstone
8.3%inclusion19 decks228 decks
5%synergy
Rakdos Cluestone
8.3%inclusion19 decks228 decks
6%synergy
Pyromancer's Goggles
6.6%inclusion15 decks228 decks
5%synergy
Bender's Waterskin
6.5%inclusion3 decks46 decks
3%synergy
Hedron Archive
6.1%inclusion14 decks228 decks
4%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
5.7%inclusion13 decks228 decks
5%synergy
Thought Vessel
5.3%inclusion12 decks228 decks
-13%synergy
Séance Board
5.0%inclusion7 decks140 decks
2%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion228 decks228 decks
2%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion228 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
76%inclusion174 decks228 decks
-10%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
67%inclusion152 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
57%inclusion129 decks228 decks
11%synergy
Temple of Malice
52%inclusion118 decks228 decks
18%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
46%inclusion106 decks228 decks
15%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
44%inclusion100 decks228 decks
9%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
44%inclusion100 decks228 decks
25%synergy
Myriad Landscape
39%inclusion90 decks228 decks
21%synergy
Evolving Wilds
37%inclusion85 decks228 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Peak
33%inclusion75 decks228 decks
-10%synergy
Exotic Orchard
29%inclusion66 decks228 decks
-2%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
25%inclusion58 decks228 decks
10%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
25%inclusion56 decks228 decks
-39%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
19%inclusion44 decks228 decks
13%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
19%inclusion44 decks228 decks
17%synergy
Canyon Slough
19%inclusion43 decks228 decks
-1%synergy
Geothermal Bog
17%inclusion38 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Akoum Refuge
14%inclusion31 decks228 decks
8%synergy
Pinnacle Monk
13%inclusion26 decks203 decks
6%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
11%inclusion25 decks228 decks
-36%synergy
Ash Barrens
11%inclusion24 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Cinder Barrens
10%inclusion23 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Tramway Station
10%inclusion22 decks228 decks
7%synergy
Jagged Barrens
8.8%inclusion20 decks228 decks
1%synergy
Boiling Rock Prison
8.3%inclusion3 decks36 decks
6%synergy
Razortrap Gorge
7.4%inclusion11 decks149 decks
5%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
7.2%inclusion15 decks207 decks
-1%synergy
Sulfurous Mire
6.6%inclusion15 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
6.1%inclusion14 decks228 decks
-10%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
5.7%inclusion13 decks228 decks
4%synergy
Maestros Theater
5.7%inclusion13 decks228 decks
3%synergy
Thriving Moor
5.3%inclusion12 decks228 decks
3%synergy