Rakdos Aggro
Also known as: Gothic Moon
Rakdos Aggro combines efficient interaction in the form of removal, hand attack, and nonbasic land hate with modern threats to quickly close out games. Good quality threats along with a breadth of interaction gives Rakdos a fighting chance in most matchups and makes it a reasonable choice into unknown metagames. It is also relatively easy for new players to pick up.
On average, over 60% of the spells in Rakdos were printed in the last 5 years, indicating that the deck has many options to choose from among the deluge of new set releases to improve its average card quality.
While many lists have a high percentage of shared cards, there doesn't seem to be consensus on which fast mana points to play, with many variations of 2 moxen, Sol Ring, and Mana Crypt seeing play.
Example Decklist
Rakdos Aggro
By: Eboera
Event: Geek Fortress Weekly - 1st
Date: 2026-08-14
Points (10): Mox Jet (3), Mox Ruby (3), Vampiric Tutor (2), Reanimate (1), The One Ring (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
- 1Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
Creatures (40)
- 1Deathrite Shaman
- 1Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1Moonshadow
- 1Nethergoyf
- 1Stalactite Stalker
- 1Cemetery Gatekeeper
- 1Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1Emperor of Bones
- 1Fear of Missing Out
- 1Gau, Feral Youth
- 1Gollum, Riddle Master
- 1Hexing Squelcher
- 1Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1Ivora, Insatiable Heir
- 1Mai, Scornful Striker
- 1Orcish Bowmasters
- 1Spider-Punk
- 1Tokka & Rahzar, Terrible Twos
- 1Barrowgoyf
- 1Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp //
- 1Broadside Bombardiers
- 1Carnage Interpreter
- 1Detective's Phoenix
- 1Gut, True Soul Zealot
- 1Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1Magus of the Moon
- 1Opposition Agent
- 1Screaming Nemesis
- 1Spitting Dilophosaurus
- 1Tersa Lightshatter
- 1Caves of Chaos Adventurer
- 1Headliner Scarlett
- 1Pyrogoyf
- 1Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1Fury
- 1Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1Oliphaunt
- 1Troll of Khazad-dûm
Sorceries (9)
- 1Chain Lightning
- 1Duress
- 1Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1Reanimate
- 1Thoughtseize
- 1Unearth
- 1Collective Brutality
- 1Molten Collapse
- 1Life // Death //
Instants (10)
- 1Fatal Push
- 1Lightning Bolt
- 1Mental Misstep
- 1Unholy Heat
- 1Vampiric Tutor
- 1Bitter Triumph
- 1Price of Progress
- 1Dismember
- 1Fire Covenant
- 1Snuff Out
Artifacts (4)
- 1Chrome Mox
- 1Mox Jet
- 1Mox Ruby
- 1The One Ring
Enchantments (3)
- 1Animate Dead
- 1Blood Moon
- 1Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
Lands (33)
- 1Arena of Glory
- 1Arid Mesa
- 1Badlands
- 1Bayou
- 1Blackcleave Cliffs
- 1Blazemire Verge
- 1Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
- 1Blood Crypt
- 1Bloodstained Mire
- 1City of Traitors
- 1Commercial District
- 1Den of the Bugbear
- 1Dragonskull Summit
- 1Hive of the Eye Tyrant
- 1Misty Rainforest
- 2Mountain
- 1Raucous Theater
- 1Scalding Tarn
- 1Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1Sulfurous Springs
- 5Swamp
- 1Taiga
- 1Underground Mortuary
- 1Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1Volrath's Stronghold
- 1Wasteland
- 1Windswept Heath
- 1Wooded Foothills
