Judith, Carnage Connoisseur (Commander) - Budget Lifegain

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Arnaud Gompertz
Oct 29, 2025
Five Painfully Simple Ways to Play Weird Rakdos
Arnaud continues his Branching Out series by looking at some off-kilter ideas for brewing fun decks in Rakdos (black and red).
Deck Filters
Cardsphere
Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Blazing Volley
86%inclusion24 decks28 decks
82%synergy
Tectonic Hazard
79%inclusion22 decks28 decks
72%synergy
Electrickery
71%inclusion20 decks28 decks
68%synergy
Smash to Dust
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
65%synergy
Boiling Earth
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
60%synergy
Guttersnipe
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
59%synergy
Scouring Sands
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
59%synergy
Village Rites
75%inclusion21 decks28 decks
59%synergy
Fiery Confluence
61%inclusion17 decks28 decks
56%synergy
Corrupted Conviction
64%inclusion18 decks28 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
End the Festivities
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
50%synergy
Mahadi, Emporium Master
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
43%synergy
Young Pyromancer
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
50%synergy
Blasphemous Act
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Sign in Blood
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Wail of the Nim
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
52%synergy
Abrade
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
32%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Deadly Dispute
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Faithless Looting
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Creatures
Storm-Kiln Artist
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
36%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
36%synergy
Tor Wauki the Younger
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Kessig Flamebreather
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Erebor Flamesmith
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Firebrand Archer
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
26%synergy
Pestilent Spirit
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
31%inclusion4 decks13 decks
20%synergy
Gimli, Counter of Kills
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Thermo-Alchemist
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Rodeo Pyromancers
23%inclusion6 decks26 decks
21%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Charmbreaker Devils
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Electrostatic Field
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Witty Roastmaster
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Coruscation Mage
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Ogre Slumlord
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Fang Dragon
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
13%synergy
Kamber, the Plunderer
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Blood Artist
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Defiant Bloodlord
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Hissing Iguanar
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Burnished Hart
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Judith, the Scourge Diva
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Electro, Assaulting Battery
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
9%synergy
Barbed Servitor
11%inclusion3 decks27 decks
10%synergy
Embermaw Hellion
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Lorcan, Warlock Collector
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Zulaport Cutthroat
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Unruly Catapult
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Overseer of the Damned
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Kaervek the Merciless
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Fire Servant
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Viscera Seer
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Weftstalker Ardent
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Umbral Collar Zealot
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
7%synergy
Starscape Cleric
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Enduring Tenacity
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Bone Devourer
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Caldera Pyremaw
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Queen Brahne
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-1%synergy
Mysidian Elder
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
0%synergy
Instants
Undying Malice
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
40%synergy
Lightning Bolt
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
25%synergy
Rakdos Charm
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Supernatural Stamina
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
33%synergy
Cast into the Fire
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Not Dead After All
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
23%synergy
Armor of Shadows
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
31%synergy
Dark Ritual
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-13%synergy
Fake Your Own Death
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
22%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Starstorm
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Feign Death
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Fire Magic
23%inclusion3 decks13 decks
20%synergy
Chaos Warp
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-27%synergy
Altar's Reap
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Flick a Coin
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Shock
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
18%synergy
Bedevil
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
-14%synergy
Dark Dabbling
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Kolaghan's Command
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Terminate
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-22%synergy
Costly Plunder
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Big Score
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Demand Answers
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Professor's Warning
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Dual Shot
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Maximum Overdrive
18%inclusion3 decks17 decks
17%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Return to Action
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Reverberate
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Nasty End
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Eviscerator's Insight
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Reckoner's Bargain
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Rise of the Dread Marn
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Fling
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Smite the Deathless
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Fanatical Offering
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Savage Alliance
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Invoke Calamity
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Seething Song
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Radiating Lightning
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Electric Revelation
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Magma Spray
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Consuming Corruption
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Sazacap's Brew
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Self-Destruct
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Improvised Club
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Fiery Impulse
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Sorceries
Mizzium Mortars
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
41%synergy
Barrage of Boulders
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
35%synergy
Boltwave
33%inclusion6 decks18 decks
27%synergy
Feed the Swarm
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
-11%synergy
Read the Bones
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Cosmotronic Wave
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Hazardous Blast
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Fear, Fire, Foes!
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Night's Whisper
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Grapeshot
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Chain Reaction
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Star of Extinction
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Earthquake
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Command the Dreadhorde
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Victimize
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Flame Rift
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Ignite the Future
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
15%inclusion2 decks13 decks
5%synergy
Grab the Prize
15%inclusion3 decks20 decks
5%synergy
Ambition's Cost
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Light Up the Stage
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Risky Shortcut
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
9%synergy
Hell to Pay
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
10%synergy
Scorching Shot
12%inclusion3 decks26 decks
11%synergy
Infernal Plunge
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Past in Flames
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Reckless Impulse
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Banefire
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Fast // Furious
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Ancient Craving
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Pirate's Pillage
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Overmaster
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Volcanic Vision
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Hymn of the Faller
10%inclusion1 decks10 decks
10%synergy
Playful Shove
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Glimpse the Impossible
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Diresight
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Worthy Cost
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Mob Verdict
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
7%synergy
Circle of Power
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-2%synergy
Sorceress's Schemes
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
6%synergy
Burn Down the House
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Bonfire of the Damned
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Fatal Grudge
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Anger of the Gods
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Thud
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Bone Shards
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Blightning
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Swiftfoot Boots
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Well of Lost Dreams
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Lightning Greaves
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-17%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
The Regalia
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Lithoform Engine
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Culling Dais
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Primal Amulet
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Ravenous Amulet
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Fiery Inscription
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
38%synergy
Vampiric Rites
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
36%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Double Vision
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Sanguine Bond
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Impact Tremors
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Theater of Horrors
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Dark Privilege
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Shadows of the Past
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
14%synergy
Return the Past
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Rite of the Dragoncaller
11%inclusion2 decks18 decks
10%synergy
Arcane Bombardment
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Blessing of Leeches
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
War Effort
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
7%synergy
Greed
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
City on Fire
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Lich's Mastery
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Mechanized Warfare
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Goblin Bombardment
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-3%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jaya, Venerated Firemage
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Bojuka Bog
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
-21%synergy
Forgotten Cave
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
7.7%inclusion1 decks13 decks
-3%synergy
Mortuary Mire
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Desert of the Fervent
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Molten Slagheap
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Hidden Volcano
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Reliquary Tower
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-11%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
79%inclusion22 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Rakdos Signet
75%inclusion21 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Sol Ring
71%inclusion20 decks28 decks
-15%synergy
Commander's Sphere
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Fire Diamond
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
30%synergy
Fellwar Stone
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
-2%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
20%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-27%synergy
Hedron Archive
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Prismatic Lens
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Pyromancer's Goggles
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
13%synergy
Glittering Stockpile
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
10%synergy
Worn Powerstone
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Unstable Obelisk
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Honored Heirloom
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
7%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion28 decks28 decks
2%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion28 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
82%inclusion23 decks28 decks
-4%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
68%inclusion19 decks28 decks
4%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
57%inclusion16 decks28 decks
24%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
19%synergy
Myriad Landscape
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
34%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
54%inclusion15 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
50%inclusion14 decks28 decks
28%synergy
Temple of Malice
43%inclusion12 decks28 decks
9%synergy
Exotic Orchard
39%inclusion11 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
36%inclusion10 decks28 decks
17%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Peak
32%inclusion9 decks28 decks
-9%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
29%inclusion8 decks28 decks
-33%synergy
Canyon Slough
25%inclusion7 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
21%inclusion6 decks28 decks
15%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
18%inclusion5 decks28 decks
-28%synergy
Akoum Refuge
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
11%synergy
Maestros Theater
14%inclusion4 decks28 decks
12%synergy
Vibrant Cityscape
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
13%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Graven Cairns
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-18%synergy
Sulfurous Mire
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
6%synergy
Path of Ancestry
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
-5%synergy
Geothermal Bog
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Tramway Station
11%inclusion3 decks28 decks
8%synergy
Jagged Barrens
7.7%inclusion2 decks26 decks
0%synergy
Drossforge Bridge
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Riveteers Overlook
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Ash Barrens
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
0%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-12%synergy
Thriving Moor
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
5%synergy
Haunted Ridge
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
-28%synergy
Cinder Barrens
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
3%synergy
Razortrap Gorge
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
2%synergy
Blazemire Verge
5.0%inclusion1 decks20 decks
-25%synergy