Rakdos the Defiler
Legendary Creature — Demon
Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}{R}{R}
How we read this card
Flying, trample
Whenever Rakdos attacks, sacrifice half the non-Demon permanents you control, rounded up.
triggered —
Whenever Rakdos deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices half the non-Demon permanents they control of their choice, rounded up.
triggered —
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.
Cares about: a permanent to sacrifice.
Works well with
anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it exiles a Synth you control
hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Polymorph — Polymorph can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
- Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
11 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Cosmic Rebirth — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Cosmic Rebirth can bring back
- Starving Revenant — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Yuna's Decision — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Yuna's Decision can bring back
- Squirming Emergence — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard, and Squirming Emergence gets bigger
- Hologram Stalker — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Hologram Stalker can bring back
- Badlands Revival — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Badlands Revival can bring back
- Urborg Repossession — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Urborg Repossession can bring back
- Return of the Mole Man — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard, and Return of the Mole Man gets bigger
- Puca's Covenant — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Puca's Covenant can bring back
- Trystan's Command — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Trystan's Command can bring back
117 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:
- Jinxed Ring — deals 1 damage
- Liability — makes a player lose 1 life
a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
When Rakdos the Defiler enters:
- Blood Speaker — returns itself from the graveyard
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master — deals its power damage
a nontoken permanent leaves the battlefield — 313 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Genku, Future Shaper — When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, Genku, Future Shaper makes a token
a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:
- Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Nefarious Imp — scries
anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Enduring Innocence — When Enduring Innocence dies thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it returns itself from the graveyard
- Enduring Courage — When Enduring Courage dies thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it returns itself from the graveyard
- Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader — When Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader dies thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it returns itself from the graveyard
- Enduring Curiosity — When Enduring Curiosity dies thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it returns itself from the graveyard
- Long Feng, Grand Secretariat — When a permanent dies thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, Long Feng, Grand Secretariat puts a counter on a creature
- God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra dies thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it triggers
- Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it exiles a creature
6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Bloodbond March — When Rakdos the Defiler is cast, Bloodbond March brings a card back
90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).
- Samwise Gamgee — When Rakdos the Defiler enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.