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Rakdos card breakdown - 2 decks, 12.5% of meta

Creatures

2.5 Trading off for something means you get a 2-for-1, but the presence of Mercenary tokens limits this somewhat. 3.6 2x in 0%

4 Drawing cards with this is exceedingly simple. It counts your creatures or your opponent's, so combat, removal, sacrifice. It all works. -0 1x in 50%

3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s always perform well in Limited, and these tokens both come with an "Outlaw" creature type. 3 1x in 50%

3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value. 4.2 1x in 50%

3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too. 2.2 1x in 50%

1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective. 2.2 1x in 50%

2 Killing things that have already been damaged is surprisingly hard to take advantage of. They pushed this pretty hard with all these keywords, so I think it'll be better than most similar creatures we have seen. But it's still nothing special. 2.4 1x in 50%

3.5 I’m reasonably happy with a two mana ⅓ Flyer, and this one gives you a couple bodies out of the graveyard. This means that if you’re milling yourself it still gives you value, and just casting it normally and getting the bodies back later is a nice feeling too. 3.7 1x in 50%

2.5 It’s nice that you have two different ways to make this a ⅔, and both options are pretty reasonable. If you discard, you’re rummaging, which itself isn’t a bad effect, and if you have an expendable artifact it will feel more like you’re netting a card. It won’t be able to attack effectively all game, but playing this on two seems pretty good, and it isn’t like it can be completely ignored in the mid-to-late game either. 4 1x in 50%

2.5 There’s not enough poison in this format for the Interrogators to poison someone out very often. Obviously, you’re going to need a ton of Clues to get there. So, most of the card’s value is just being a 6-mana ⅚ that Investigates and that’s…passable, especially with the poison upside. 2.5 1x in 50%

2.5 If you could only play this face up, it would be a pretty nice card. It has high enough power to trade with a whole lot of stuff, and the death trigger is likely to let you kill something else too – and that’s a 2-for-1. So, the fact you can get it on the board earlier in the game without your opponent knowing it’s lurking there makes it even nicer. 2.1 1x in 50%

1.5 If you can either destroy an opposing artifact, or give up an expendable artifact when you play this, it’ll be fine. Ideally of course, you give up a clue. Still, I think there are going to be enough situations where neither mode is useful and this is a miserable card when that happens. 2.4 1x in 50%

2 This is a lot of mana for the usual sacrifice a creature draw a card effect, but the fact you’ll sometimes draw two helps soften that blow. 1.1 1x in 50%

2.5 Both modes seem fairly acceptable here, and I think the design is actually really interesting. Most of the time on turn 3 you’re probably just going to want to play it as a 3-mana 3/3 that enters tapped, but sometimes you’re in a spot where you really need to be able to block, and you can play it Disguised when that’s the case, and draining 3 life from your opponent is a pretty real effect. 1.8 1x in 50%
Instant, Sorcery

2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks. 3.2 1x in 0%

4 This can kill almost everything in the format efficiently. There will be times where an Outlaw is your biggest problem, but most of the time, this'll do the job. 4.4 1x in 0%

4 Destroying your opponent's best creature and adding to the board is very powerful, and the fail case here is Murder. 4.1 1x in 0%

3.5 Three mana to destroy any creature at sorcery speed is already premium removal, so the fact that you can also sometimes put a counter on one of your creatures is some serious business. 3 1x in 0%

2.5 There was a time when this would have been great removal, but once you're paying 4+ mana on removal it needs to do something extra to be premium. Surveil is extra, but not extra enough. 4.4 1x in 50%

1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside. 2 1x in 50%

2 Sweepers are tough to get to work in Limited, but this one is trying it's hardest. The two modes should mean that you can choose one that hurts your opponent more than it hurts you a decent chunk of the time. 1.6 1x in 50%

2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though. 1.1 1x in 50%

2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in. 1.4 1x in 50%

3.5 Murder is still a pretty good Magic card in Limited. The double black can be a pain, but this is still premium. 3.4 1x in 50%

3.5 Uncounterability actually matters in this set because of all the Disguise creatures with Ward. –X/-X is never going to feel super efficient, but it’s an instant and it scales all game, so I think it’s premium. 3.2 1x in 50%

2.5 We’ve come a long way since Tormenting Voice. This is an Instant and you can choose to sacrifice an artifact or discard a card as an additional cost. That’s actually a pretty big deal, because this format has so many Clues. 1.5 1x in 50%

2.5 This type of trick always performs fairly well, as it does enough to make a creature punch above it’s weight class, yet it still survives. It even works well against removal, and it gets particularly interesting with creatures that have ETB abilities. Suspect won’t always feel like upside, but I think it will more often than not. 2.2 1x in 50%
Enchantment, Artifact

2 I don't like that this doesn't do anything on it's own in many cases, nor do I like that it's effect largely only matters on your turn. It can definitely churn out some tokens, but I'm skeptical paying three mana for a do-nothing enchantment to set that up is worth it. 2.3 1x in 0%

2.5 This can get pretty big, but this format isn't into the graveyard enough for it to be a powerhouse. 3.9 1x in 50%

2 The boost it offers is pretty solid, but the ability to gain mana isn't going to do much. 4.6 1x in 50%

4 Even if it didn’t have anything after it’s ETB, it would be a very good card, so everything else is just gravy – and it’s pretty good gravy, too, since it ends up being a 2-for-1 if you manage to solve it – and solving this is easier than most of the Cases. Three sources of damage can just mean you attack with three creatures after all, and the turn you play this the Case will count as a source too. So, killing something and attacking with two creatures is enough to get you there. 3.7 1x in 50%

2 One to play and two to equip isn’t a complete disaster for +2/+0. You can use it to really give you a better attack than you would otherwise have, and the life loss effect gives you some inevitability. That said, if the card ended there I’m not sure I’d think it was worth playing very often. It just doesn’t feel like it would have enough of an impact to be worth a card, even as cheap as it is. However, by giving you the ability to sacrifice the Pipe to draw a card, you’re really mitigating against that problem. Your Equipment can be pretty bad if you run out of creatures, or if you really need something more impactful, you can just throw it away. I’m still not ultra impressed here, but I think if you’ve got lots of creatures in a black deck, playing this seems fine. 1.7 1x in 50%
Planeswalkers
Lands

3 This looks like a pretty solid source of fixing. You’re not always gonna want to tap your creatures to make mana, as that can be a very real cost, but at least this can also produce colorless mana normally, it has useful typing as both an artifact and a clue, and you can of course throw it away for a card. This means all your eggs aren’t in that mana-fixing basket, so it will almost never feel terrible, while still having the upside of shoring up your mana. 2.8 1x in 50%
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3 We see this card a lot lately, and it’s always pretty nice. Goes after a card in your opponents hand while adding to the board, and then you can sacrifice it or otherwise utilize it for other purposes, sometimes it even feels like you’re getting a 2-for-1. 3.1 1x in 0%

3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too. 2.2 1x in 50%

3.5 Three mana to destroy any creature at sorcery speed is already premium removal, so the fact that you can also sometimes put a counter on one of your creatures is some serious business. 3 1x in 0%

3.5 Pumping out a temporary 1/1 thopter every turn is plenty good. Remember to play the dronesmith in your first main phase so you can get the value of the trigger the turn you play it! Not only does it give you a way to chip in for damage, but Red – and especially Blue/Red has a boat load of payoffs for sacrificing artifacts too, and this will feel like an engine in that type of deck. 3.9 1x in 0%

3.5 Suspecting your creature might mean you get a good attack right away, and if nothing else the Juggler can suspect itself. It is nice that it’s a “may” trigger, if you’re in a spot where you need to block. The activated ability is pretty good, especially if you’re making tokens into suspects, something that doesn’t seem particularly far-fetched. It won’t feel quite as good to give up real creatures with that ability, but that’s not a bad fail-case either. If you have a Suspect in play and mana up, your opponent is going to be in a nightmare scenario. 2.4 1x in 0%

3.5 Uncounterability actually matters in this set because of all the Disguise creatures with Ward. –X/-X is never going to feel super efficient, but it’s an instant and it scales all game, so I think it’s premium. 3.2 1x in 50%

3.5 Murder is still a pretty good Magic card in Limited. The double black can be a pain, but this is still premium. 3.4 1x in 50%

3.5 I’m reasonably happy with a two mana ⅓ Flyer, and this one gives you a couple bodies out of the graveyard. This means that if you’re milling yourself it still gives you value, and just casting it normally and getting the bodies back later is a nice feeling too. 3.7 1x in 50%

3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value. 4.2 1x in 50%

3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s always perform well in Limited, and these tokens both come with an "Outlaw" creature type. 3 1x in 50%

4 Destroying your opponent's best creature and adding to the board is very powerful, and the fail case here is Murder. 4.1 1x in 0%

4 This can kill almost everything in the format efficiently. There will be times where an Outlaw is your biggest problem, but most of the time, this'll do the job. 4.4 1x in 0%

4 Even if it didn’t have anything after it’s ETB, it would be a very good card, so everything else is just gravy – and it’s pretty good gravy, too, since it ends up being a 2-for-1 if you manage to solve it – and solving this is easier than most of the Cases. Three sources of damage can just mean you attack with three creatures after all, and the turn you play this the Case will count as a source too. So, killing something and attacking with two creatures is enough to get you there. 3.7 1x in 50%

4 Drawing cards with this is exceedingly simple. It counts your creatures or your opponent's, so combat, removal, sacrifice. It all works. -0 1x in 50%

Golgari	32 matches	4 decks
25.00% of Metagame
Selesnya	20 matches	4 decks
25.00% of Metagame
Rakdos	16 matches	2 decks
12.50% of Metagame
Boros	8 matches	1 decks
6.25% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-red)	9 matches	1 decks
6.25% of Metagame
Azorius	8 matches	1 decks
6.25% of Metagame
Grixis	9 matches	1 decks
6.25% of Metagame
Orzhov	9 matches	1 decks
6.25% of Metagame
Sultai	9 matches	1 decks
6.25% of Metagame

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Rakdos card breakdown - 2 decks, 12.5% of meta

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