Rakdos the Defiler

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 we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: a permanent to sacrifice.

Works well with

hits creature — 876 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Dreamshaper Shaman — Dreamshaper Shaman can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Rakdos the Defiler onto the battlefield from your library

7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent is sacrificed — 59 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — brings a card back
  2. It That Betrays — brings a card back
  3. Nazgûl Battle-Mace — brings a card back
  4. Skittering Precursor — makes a token
  5. Evendo Brushrazer — exiles a card from your library

a permanent is sacrificed — 60 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:

  1. Scavenger's Talent — mills a card
  2. Popular Egotist — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Blood Aspirant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Slaughter-Priest of Mogis — gets +2/+0
  5. Merchant of Venom — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Sorcerer's Broom — makes a token
  7. Juri, Master of the Revue — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Pirate Peddlers — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Gixian Infiltrator — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Mayhem Devil — deals 1 damage

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent in a graveyard — 90 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Starving Revenant — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  2. Terror Tide — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard, and Terror Tide gets bigger
  3. Souls of the Lost — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard, and Souls of the Lost gets bigger
  4. Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  5. Stinging Cave Crawler — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more permanent cards Stinging Cave Crawler needs
  6. Chupacabra Echo — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard, and Chupacabra Echo gets bigger
  7. Echo of Dusk — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more permanent cards Echo of Dusk needs
  8. Eden, Seat of the Sanctum — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Eden, Seat of the Sanctum can bring back
  9. Desecrate Reality — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Desecrate Reality can bring back
  10. Join the Dead — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more permanent cards Join the Dead needs

3 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 — 90 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:

  1. Jinxed Ring — deals 1 damage
  2. Liability — makes a player lose 1 life

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 91 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:

  1. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  2. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  3. Aetherworks Marvel — adds 1 mana
  4. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Demon enters the battlefield — 215 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Blood Speaker — When Rakdos the Defiler enters, Blood Speaker returns itself from the graveyard

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 118 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:

  1. Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nefarious Imp — scries

anything is sacrificed — 1,958 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 2,800 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Enduring Courage — When Enduring Courage dies thanks to Rakdos the Defiler, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. 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

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 3,858 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Heart-Shaped Herb — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  2. Rescue from the Underworld — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  3. Victimize — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  4. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  5. Repentant Vampire — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  6. Treacherous Vampire — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  7. Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Rakdos the Defiler would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
  8. Pitchstone Wall — Rakdos the Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Pitchstone Wall can bring back
  9. Possessed Barbarian — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Possessed Barbarian needs
  10. Loot, the Anomaly — Rakdos the Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Loot, the Anomaly needs

170 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 3,858 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

When a permanent hits the graveyard thanks to Rakdos the Defiler:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  4. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 6,499 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When Rakdos the Defiler attacks, Far Fortune, End Boss deals 1 damage

42 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 6,499 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — When Rakdos the Defiler attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library

95 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,209 cards in Rakdos the Defiler's colors can cause this (Rakdos the Defiler is one).

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — When Rakdos the Defiler enters, Slash, Reptile Rampager deals 2 damage

113 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.