Judith, Carnage Connoisseur (Commander) - Budget Lifegain

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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).
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Vibrant Cityscape
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Electro, Assaulting Battery
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Blazing Volley
89%inclusion24 decks27 decks
85%synergy
Tectonic Hazard
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
79%synergy
Electrickery
81%inclusion22 decks27 decks
78%synergy
Boiling Earth
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
69%synergy
Scouring Sands
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
69%synergy
Smash to Dust
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
68%synergy
Village Rites
81%inclusion22 decks27 decks
65%synergy
Guttersnipe
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
62%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
60%synergy
End the Festivities
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
56%synergy
Top Cards
Sign in Blood
67%inclusion18 decks27 decks
44%synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
41%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
40%synergy
Fiery Confluence
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
51%synergy
Blasphemous Act
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Wail of the Nim
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
54%synergy
Abrade
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Faithless Looting
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Deadly Dispute
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Mizzium Mortars
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
47%synergy
Creatures
Young Pyromancer
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
44%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Kessig Flamebreather
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
42%synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Tor Wauki the Younger
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
37%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
37%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
34%synergy
Charmbreaker Devils
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Erebor Flamesmith
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Pestilent Spirit
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
33%inclusion4 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Firebrand Archer
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Gimli, Counter of Kills
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Electrostatic Field
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Rodeo Pyromancers
23%inclusion6 decks26 decks
21%synergy
Thermo-Alchemist
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Witty Roastmaster
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Coruscation Mage
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Hissing Iguanar
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Fang Dragon
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Kamber, the Plunderer
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Blood Artist
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Barbed Servitor
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Viscera Seer
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Embermaw Hellion
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Mirkwood Bats
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-3%synergy
Ardent Elementalist
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Brash Taunter
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Lorcan, Warlock Collector
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Burnished Hart
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Unruly Catapult
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Judith, the Scourge Diva
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Backdraft Hellkite
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Bone Devourer
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Caldera Pyremaw
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Starscape Cleric
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
5%synergy
Kefka, Dancing Mad
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
4%synergy
Queen Brahne
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
0%synergy
Mysidian Elder
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
0%synergy
Instants
Rakdos Charm
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
39%synergy
Undying Malice
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
38%synergy
Lightning Bolt
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Cast into the Fire
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Not Dead After All
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Armor of Shadows
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
32%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
27%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Shock
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Fire Magic
25%inclusion3 decks12 decks
22%synergy
Chaos Warp
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-27%synergy
Dark Dabbling
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Starstorm
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Altar's Reap
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Flick a Coin
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
20%synergy
Bedevil
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-13%synergy
Demand Answers
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Professor's Warning
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Dual Shot
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Feign Death
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Dark Ritual
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-23%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Costly Plunder
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Invoke Calamity
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Terminate
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-25%synergy
Return to Action
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Reverberate
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Big Score
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Lightning Strike
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Nasty End
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Maximum Overdrive
13%inclusion2 decks16 decks
12%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Fling
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Imp's Mischief
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Smite the Deathless
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Fanatical Offering
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Kolaghan's Command
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Seething Song
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Radiating Lightning
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Offer Immortality
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Electric Revelation
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Magma Spray
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Withering Torment
10%inclusion2 decks20 decks
-12%synergy
Consuming Corruption
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Self-Destruct
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Fiery Impulse
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Barrage of Boulders
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
40%synergy
Read the Bones
37%inclusion10 decks27 decks
23%synergy
Cosmotronic Wave
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
33%synergy
Fear, Fire, Foes!
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Feed the Swarm
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-14%synergy
Hazardous Blast
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Boltwave
28%inclusion5 decks18 decks
22%synergy
Chain Reaction
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Star of Extinction
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Night's Whisper
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Grapeshot
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Earthquake
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Victimize
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Ignite the Future
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
17%inclusion2 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Grab the Prize
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Ambition's Cost
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Light Up the Stage
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Scorching Shot
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
11%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Flame Rift
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Past in Flames
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Reckless Impulse
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Banefire
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Fast // Furious
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Ancient Craving
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Overmaster
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Pointed Discussion
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Dreadbore
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Volcanic Vision
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Worthy Cost
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
7%synergy
Circle of Power
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceress's Schemes
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
6%synergy
Hell to Pay
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
6%synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
3%synergy
Mob Verdict
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Highway Robbery
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
6%synergy
Infernal Plunge
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Bone Splinters
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Bonfire of the Damned
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Fatal Grudge
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Anger of the Gods
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Lithomantic Barrage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Pirate's Pillage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Exsanguinate
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
Blightning
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Corrupt
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Mana Geyser
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Lightning Greaves
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-16%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-3%synergy
The Regalia
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
8%synergy
Lithoform Engine
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Culling Dais
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Primal Amulet
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Fiery Inscription
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
36%synergy
Vampiric Rites
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
30%synergy
Sanguine Bond
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Impact Tremors
22%inclusion6 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Double Vision
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Return the Past
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
18%synergy
Dark Privilege
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
15%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Shadows of the Past
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
14%synergy
Theater of Horrors
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Arcane Bombardment
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Greed
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Rite of the Dragoncaller
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
10%synergy
City on Fire
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Lich's Mastery
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Virtue of Courage
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Goblin Bombardment
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-2%synergy
The Rollercrusher Ride
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jaya, Venerated Firemage
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-21%synergy
Desert of the Fervent
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
8.3%inclusion1 decks12 decks
-3%synergy
Forgotten Cave
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Hidden Volcano
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Smoldering Crater
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Rakdos Signet
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
24%synergy
Arcane Signet
81%inclusion22 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Sol Ring
74%inclusion20 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Mind Stone
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
21%synergy
Commander's Sphere
44%inclusion12 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Fire Diamond
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
31%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
-23%synergy
Fellwar Stone
33%inclusion9 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Hedron Archive
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
13%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Lens
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Pyromancer's Goggles
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Glittering Stockpile
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Thought Vessel
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-11%synergy
Rakdos Locket
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Rakdos Cluestone
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion27 decks27 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
85%inclusion23 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
70%inclusion19 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
63%inclusion17 decks27 decks
29%synergy
Myriad Landscape
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
35%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
56%inclusion15 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
52%inclusion14 decks27 decks
17%synergy
Evolving Wilds
48%inclusion13 decks27 decks
26%synergy
Exotic Orchard
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
9%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
22%synergy
Temple of Malice
41%inclusion11 decks27 decks
6%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-32%synergy
Tainted Peak
30%inclusion8 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
26%inclusion7 decks27 decks
19%synergy
Canyon Slough
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
-1%synergy
Akoum Refuge
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
19%inclusion5 decks27 decks
16%synergy
Maestros Theater
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
12%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
15%inclusion4 decks27 decks
-31%synergy
Graven Cairns
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
-18%synergy
Ash Barrens
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Sulfurous Mire
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
7%synergy
Geothermal Bog
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
2%synergy
Tramway Station
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
8%synergy
Jagged Barrens
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
-1%synergy
Drossforge Bridge
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
1%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-8%synergy
Thriving Moor
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
5%synergy
Haunted Ridge
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
-28%synergy
Cinder Barrens
7.4%inclusion2 decks27 decks
4%synergy
Razortrap Gorge
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
2%synergy
Blazemire Verge
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
-25%synergy