Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls (Commander) - Chaos

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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).
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Archidekt
Commander Spellbook
Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Mai, Scornful Striker
22%inclusion4 decks18 decks
18%synergy
Redirect Lightning
7.1%inclusion2 decks28 decks
1%synergy
Day of Black Sun
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
2%synergy
The Last Agni Kai
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
-2%synergy
Boiling Rock Prison
5.6%inclusion1 decks18 decks
3%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Kederekt Parasite
98%inclusion80 decks82 decks
86%synergy
Mogis, God of Slaughter
93%inclusion76 decks82 decks
83%synergy
Blood Seeker
83%inclusion68 decks82 decks
75%synergy
Gleeful Arsonist
82%inclusion67 decks82 decks
70%synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
80%inclusion66 decks82 decks
68%synergy
Witch's Clinic
73%inclusion60 decks82 decks
66%synergy
Roiling Vortex
73%inclusion60 decks82 decks
66%synergy
Fate Unraveler
73%inclusion60 decks82 decks
65%synergy
Rampaging Ferocidon
71%inclusion58 decks82 decks
64%synergy
Shivan Gorge
70%inclusion57 decks82 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
Rakdos Charm
87%inclusion71 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Blasphemous Act
77%inclusion63 decks82 decks
26%synergy
Lightning Greaves
74%inclusion61 decks82 decks
40%synergy
Nightshade Harvester
66%inclusion54 decks82 decks
60%synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
66%inclusion54 decks82 decks
49%synergy
Underworld Dreams
66%inclusion54 decks82 decks
58%synergy
The Lord of Pain
66%inclusion54 decks82 decks
55%synergy
Spiteful Visions
65%inclusion53 decks82 decks
56%synergy
Chaos Warp
63%inclusion52 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Harsh Mentor
63%inclusion52 decks82 decks
56%synergy
Game Changers
Orcish Bowmasters
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Demonic Tutor
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Jeska's Will
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
-7%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Gamble
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Ancient Tomb
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-4%synergy
Creatures
Blood Artist
54%inclusion44 decks82 decks
35%synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Persistent Constrictor
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
45%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
49%inclusion34 decks70 decks
40%synergy
Stormfist Crusader
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
34%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
38%synergy
Massacre Wurm
44%inclusion36 decks82 decks
36%synergy
Kaervek the Merciless
44%inclusion36 decks82 decks
34%synergy
Rug of Smothering
44%inclusion36 decks82 decks
40%synergy
Vial Smasher the Fierce
41%inclusion34 decks82 decks
36%synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
41%inclusion34 decks82 decks
38%synergy
Mayhem Devil
39%inclusion32 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Brash Taunter
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Star Athlete
33%inclusion27 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
33%inclusion27 decks82 decks
28%synergy
Screaming Nemesis
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
24%synergy
Cemetery Gatekeeper
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
24%synergy
Magebane Lizard
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Massacre Girl
24%inclusion20 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Deadpool, Trading Card
22%inclusion11 decks50 decks
18%synergy
Eidolon of the Great Revel
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Barbflare Gremlin
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Twinflame Tyrant
17%inclusion12 decks71 decks
12%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
17%inclusion12 decks71 decks
12%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Falkenrath Noble
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Hearthborn Battler
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Florian, Voldaren Scion
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Emberwilde Captain
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Tectonic Giant
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Sunspine Lynx
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Fear of Burning Alive
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Heartless Hidetsugu
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Combustible Gearhulk
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Instants
Bedevil
60%inclusion49 decks82 decks
24%synergy
Dark Ritual
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Infernal Grasp
44%inclusion36 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Untimely Malfunction
39%inclusion32 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Withering Torment
38%inclusion31 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Suspended Sentence
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
29%synergy
Terminate
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
-11%synergy
Deadly Rollick
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Deflecting Swat
28%inclusion23 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Blood Pact
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Bolt Bend
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Abrade
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Imp's Mischief
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
-6%synergy
Lightning Bolt
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
-8%synergy
Not Dead After All
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Go for the Throat
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Soul Shatter
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Pyroblast
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Fire Covenant
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Blood for the Blood God!
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-1%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Darkness
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Price of Progress
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Saw in Half
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
Overkill
5.1%inclusion2 decks39 decks
1%synergy
Sorceries
Feed the Swarm
55%inclusion45 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Sign in Blood
39%inclusion32 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Sadistic Shell Game
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Grab the Prize
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Chandra's Ignition
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
26%synergy
Disrupt Decorum
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
18%synergy
Toxic Deluge
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Vandalblast
22%inclusion18 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Decree of Pain
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Reanimate
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
-4%synergy
Light Up the Stage
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Damnation
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
14%inclusion10 decks70 decks
5%synergy
Faithless Looting
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-15%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
-6%synergy
Exsanguinate
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Wheel of Fortune
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Demonic Counsel
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Come Back Wrong
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Dark Deal
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Winds of Change
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Deadly Tempest
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Mandate of Abaddon
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Prisoner's Dilemma
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Basilisk Collar
48%inclusion39 decks82 decks
37%synergy
Ankh of Mishra
35%inclusion29 decks82 decks
33%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Ruby Medallion
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Mithril Coat
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Barbed Wire
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Shadowspear
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Jet Medallion
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Mindcrank
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Mask of Griselbrand
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Copper Tablet
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Whip of Erebos
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Isolation Cell
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
6%synergy
The Darkness Crystal
5.0%inclusion2 decks40 decks
1%synergy
Enchantments
Sulfuric Vortex
51%inclusion42 decks82 decks
47%synergy
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
49%inclusion40 decks82 decks
43%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
46%inclusion38 decks82 decks
41%synergy
Manabarbs
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
39%synergy
Painful Quandary
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Descent into Avernus
33%inclusion27 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Spellshock
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
28%synergy
Exquisite Blood
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Polluted Bonds
26%inclusion21 decks82 decks
23%synergy
Forsaken Wastes
21%inclusion17 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Black Market Connections
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Maddening Hex
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Enchanter's Bane
17%inclusion14 decks82 decks
15%synergy
Wound Reflection
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Theater of Horrors
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
8%synergy
No Mercy
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Maximum Carnage
14%inclusion3 decks22 decks
12%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
11%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Fiery Emancipation
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Pestilence
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Citadel of Pain
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Pyrohemia
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Hissing Miasma
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Pyrostatic Pillar
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
10%synergy
The Rollercrusher Ride
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
-13%synergy
Sanguine Bond
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Smoke
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
All Will Be One
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Grievous Wound
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Havoc Festival
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
3%synergy
City on Fire
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Burning Earth
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Price of Glory
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Ancient Runes
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Pain for All
5.9%inclusion2 decks34 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
40%inclusion33 decks82 decks
36%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Utility Lands
Leechridden Swamp
61%inclusion50 decks82 decks
52%synergy
Reliquary Tower
44%inclusion36 decks82 decks
26%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
27%synergy
Temple of the False God
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Bojuka Bog
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
-9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
-4%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
16%inclusion13 decks82 decks
-3%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Cabal Coffers
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Arena of Glory
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Restless Vents
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Command Beacon
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
0%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
100%inclusion82 decks82 decks
14%synergy
Arcane Signet
93%inclusion76 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
82%inclusion67 decks82 decks
26%synergy
Rakdos Signet
72%inclusion59 decks82 decks
12%synergy
Thought Vessel
68%inclusion56 decks82 decks
50%synergy
Fellwar Stone
54%inclusion44 decks82 decks
20%synergy
Mind Stone
46%inclusion38 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Séance Board
13%inclusion11 decks82 decks
10%synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion82 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion82 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
98%inclusion80 decks82 decks
11%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
87%inclusion71 decks82 decks
25%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
85%inclusion70 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
85%inclusion70 decks82 decks
39%synergy
Tainted Peak
83%inclusion68 decks82 decks
41%synergy
Graven Cairns
82%inclusion67 decks82 decks
52%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
62%inclusion51 decks82 decks
16%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
60%inclusion49 decks82 decks
40%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
57%inclusion47 decks82 decks
22%synergy
Blazemire Verge
56%inclusion46 decks82 decks
26%synergy
Temple of Malice
54%inclusion44 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Exotic Orchard
52%inclusion43 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Blood Crypt
50%inclusion41 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Canyon Slough
49%inclusion40 decks82 decks
30%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
45%inclusion37 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Luxury Suite
37%inclusion30 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Mount Doom
34%inclusion28 decks82 decks
17%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
32%inclusion26 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Haunted Ridge
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
-5%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
7%synergy
Geothermal Bog
30%inclusion25 decks82 decks
21%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
29%inclusion24 decks82 decks
13%synergy
Ash Barrens
27%inclusion22 decks82 decks
19%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
8%synergy
Evolving Wilds
23%inclusion19 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Raucous Theater
20%inclusion16 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
18%inclusion15 decks82 decks
-15%synergy
Fell the Profane
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Fabled Passage
15%inclusion12 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Wooded Foothills
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
5%synergy
Marsh Flats
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Arid Mesa
12%inclusion10 decks82 decks
4%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Polluted Delta
11%inclusion9 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Valgavoth's Lair
10%inclusion8 decks82 decks
9%synergy
Prismatic Vista
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Myriad Landscape
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
-11%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Razortrap Gorge
8.5%inclusion7 decks82 decks
6%synergy
Boggart Trawler
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
1%synergy
Badlands
7.3%inclusion6 decks82 decks
-6%synergy
Jagged Barrens
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
-2%synergy
Reflecting Pool
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy
Sulfurous Mire
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
2%synergy
Shatterskull Smashing
6.1%inclusion5 decks82 decks
3%synergy