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"Find me cards equivalent to: Rakdos the Defiler"

Here are some equivalent cards in black and red, Legendary Creature — Demon, with punishing effects:

  • Rakdos the Defiler

    Reason: The original card for reference.

  • Rakdos, Lord of Riots

    Reason: Legendary Demon, punishes opponents by making their life total a threshold for casting it and reduces further creature spell costs.

  • Kaervek the Merciless

    Reason: Punishes opponents whenever they cast a spell, though isn't a Demon, but is black/red and legendary with a punishing effect.

  • Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

    Reason: Legendary Demon, punishes for searching libraries and has a punisher effect (though mono-black).

There are very few strict equivalents with both Rakdos color identity and similar sacrifice/punisher effects, but Rakdos the Defiler is unique among R/B Demons for his destructive effect.

Found Cards

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Kaervek the Merciless

Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

Rakdos the Defiler

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Kaervek the Merciless #257 Legendary Creature — Human Shaman

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Info

Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 7
Power/Toughness: 5/4
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Shaman
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Alternative costs, additional costs, and cost reductions don't change a spell's mana value. Its mana value is still based on its mana cost.
  • An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
  • For spells with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 1.99 USD 0.79 USD
    Manapool / 0.94 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.29 EUR / 0.74 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 0.83 USD 0.42 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Kaervek deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.

    Ob Nixilis, Unshackled #84 Legendary Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • If the opponent controls no creatures when the first triggered ability resolves, that player still loses 10 life.
  • Ob Nixilis's first triggered ability won't trigger if you search an opponent's library or if an opponent searches another player's library.
  • The first triggered ability won't be put on the stack until after the spell or ability causing the opponent to search their library finishes resolving. Notably, if that spell or ability causes any other abilities to trigger (for example, if the opponent searched for a creature card and put it onto the battlefield), those abilities and Ob Nixilis's triggered ability will go on the stack together. The active player puts all of their abilities on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last ability put onto the stack this way will be the first to resolve, and so on.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD / 4.49 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.8 EUR 2.38 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 4.43 USD 5 USD
    Manapool 3.07 USD / 3.93 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Flying, trample Whenever an opponent searches their library, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice and loses 10 life. Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1counteron Ob Nixilis.

    Rakdos the Defiler #129 Legendary Creature — Demon

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 7/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • A permanent with the subtype Demon, including Rakdos the Defiler itself, can't be sacrificed this way.
  • To calculate the number of permanents that must be sacrificed, count the number of permanents the affected player controls that don't have the subtype Demon, then divide that number in half and round up. For example, a player who controls eleven non-Demon permanents will need to sacrifice six of them.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer / 24.49 USD 1.57 USD
    Cardmarket / 19.44 EUR 0.92 EUR
    Manapool / 8.11 USD 1.02 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.99 USD / 27.99 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Flying, trample Whenever Rakdos attacks,sacrificehalf the non-Demon permanents you control, rounded up. Whenever Rakdos deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices half the non-Demon permanents they control of their choice, rounded up.

    Rakdos, Lord of Riots #187 Legendary Creature — Demon

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • If an opponent lost life and subsequently lost the game, Rakdos's first ability is satisfied, and its last ability counts that loss of life.
  • If there are additional costs to cast a creature spell, such as a kicker cost or the commander tax, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
  • Rakdos can be put onto the battlefield by another spell or ability even if no opponent has lost life that turn.
  • Rakdos's last ability can't reduce the colored mana requirement of a creature spell you cast.
  • Rakdos's last ability cares about the total life lost, not necessarily what an opponent's life total is compared to what it was at the beginning of the turn. For example, if an opponent loses 5 life and then gains 10 life in a turn, creature spells you cast will cost {5} less to cast.
  • Rakdos's last ability won't reduce the cost to cast Rakdos itself. It applies only to creature spells you cast once Rakdos is on the battlefield.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD / 12.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.36 USD / 9.75 USD
    Cardmarket / 6.1 EUR 0.8 EUR
    Manapool / 5.25 USD 0.77 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    You can't cast Rakdos unless an opponent lost life this turn. Flying, trample Creature spells you cast cost less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.