Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls (Commander) - Expensive Upgraded Group Slug

Background image for Five Painfully Simple Ways to Play Weird Rakdos
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
Hexing Squelcher
60%inclusion6 decks10 decks
54%synergy
Mai, Scornful Striker
46%inclusion13 decks28 decks
42%synergy
Redirect Lightning
29%inclusion11 decks38 decks
21%synergy
Soul Immolation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
The Last Agni Kai
14%inclusion4 decks29 decks
7%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
100%inclusion47 decks47 decks
92%synergy
Kederekt Parasite
96%inclusion45 decks47 decks
84%synergy
Mogis, God of Slaughter
94%inclusion44 decks47 decks
84%synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
96%inclusion45 decks47 decks
83%synergy
Roiling Vortex
87%inclusion41 decks47 decks
80%synergy
Witch's Clinic
74%inclusion35 decks47 decks
67%synergy
Underworld Dreams
74%inclusion35 decks47 decks
66%synergy
Blood Seeker
72%inclusion34 decks47 decks
64%synergy
Fate Unraveler
72%inclusion34 decks47 decks
64%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
70%inclusion33 decks47 decks
61%synergy
Top Cards
Blasphemous Act
83%inclusion39 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Deflecting Swat
77%inclusion36 decks47 decks
56%synergy
Chaos Warp
72%inclusion34 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Gleeful Arsonist
72%inclusion34 decks47 decks
61%synergy
Deadly Rollick
70%inclusion33 decks47 decks
49%synergy
Lightning Greaves
70%inclusion33 decks47 decks
35%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
66%inclusion31 decks47 decks
61%synergy
Feed the Swarm
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Rakdos Charm
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Dark Ritual
62%inclusion29 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Game Changers
Orcish Bowmasters
72%inclusion34 decks47 decks
62%synergy
Demonic Tutor
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Jeska's Will
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Ancient Tomb
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
18%synergy
The One Ring
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Chrome Mox
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Creatures
Rampaging Ferocidon
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
52%synergy
Rug of Smothering
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
53%synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
38%synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
44%synergy
The Lord of Pain
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
41%synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
46%synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
46%synergy
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
47%inclusion22 decks47 decks
42%synergy
Nightshade Harvester
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
39%synergy
Persistent Constrictor
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
33%synergy
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
38%inclusion18 decks47 decks
33%synergy
Blood Artist
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Mayhem Devil
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Massacre Wurm
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
26%synergy
Kaervek the Merciless
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Stormfist Crusader
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Harsh Mentor
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Brash Taunter
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Deadpool, Trading Card
29%inclusion13 decks45 decks
25%synergy
Magebane Lizard
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Cemetery Gatekeeper
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
26%synergy
Twinflame Tyrant
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Boggart Trawler
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Screaming Nemesis
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Soot Imp
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Hearthborn Battler
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Vial Smasher the Fierce
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Avalanche of Sector 7
11%inclusion5 decks44 decks
11%synergy
Silent Arbiter
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Eidolon of the Great Revel
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Heartless Hidetsugu
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-6%synergy
Sunspine Lynx
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Iridescent Vinelasher
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Wandering Archaic
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Unstoppable Slasher
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Kessig Flamebreather
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Great Unclean One
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Professional Face-Breaker
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-9%synergy
Creeping Bloodsucker
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Instants
Malakir Rebirth
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
48%synergy
Withering Torment
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
37%synergy
Bolt Bend
47%inclusion22 decks47 decks
37%synergy
Untimely Malfunction
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
26%synergy
Tibalt's Trickery
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
29%synergy
Bedevil
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Fell the Profane
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Terminate
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
-14%synergy
Valakut Awakening
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Soul Shatter
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Imp's Mischief
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Infernal Grasp
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Lightning Bolt
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Pyroblast
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Sheoldred's Edict
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Snuff Out
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Darkness
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Blood Pact
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Fire Covenant
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Not Dead After All
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Wild Magic Surge
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Soul's Fire
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Undying Malice
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Suspended Sentence
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Price of Progress
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Archenemy's Charm
7.3%inclusion3 decks41 decks
6%synergy
Force of Despair
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Cabal Ritual
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Hellish Rebuke
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Ghostfire Slice
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Baleful Mastery
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Sudden Spoiling
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Abrade
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-15%synergy
Sorceries
Toxic Deluge
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
35%synergy
Wheel of Fortune
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
36%synergy
Chandra's Ignition
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
37%synergy
Vandalblast
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Reanimate
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Damnation
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Sign in Blood
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Winds of Change
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Exsanguinate
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Night's Whisper
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Sadistic Shell Game
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Grim Tutor
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Nibelheim Aflame
9.1%inclusion4 decks44 decks
8%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Light Up the Stage
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-1%synergy
Decree of Pain
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Disrupt Decorum
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Mana Geyser
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Diabolic Intent
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Read the Bones
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Demonic Counsel
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Grab the Prize
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Sundering Eruption
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Reforge the Soul
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Ankh of Mishra
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
50%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Shadowspear
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
45%synergy
Copper Tablet
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
42%synergy
Basilisk Collar
38%inclusion18 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Mithril Coat
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
27%synergy
Barbed Wire
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Ruby Medallion
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Whip of Erebos
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Jet Medallion
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Crawlspace
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Mindcrank
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Sensei's Divining Top
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
0%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Moonsilver Key
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Silver Shroud Costume
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Howling Mine
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Enchantments
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
43%synergy
Sulfuric Vortex
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
40%synergy
Exquisite Blood
43%inclusion20 decks47 decks
35%synergy
Spiteful Visions
38%inclusion18 decks47 decks
30%synergy
Manabarbs
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
30%synergy
Forsaken Wastes
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
31%synergy
Spellshock
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
27%synergy
Painful Quandary
30%inclusion14 decks47 decks
23%synergy
No Mercy
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
25%synergy
Black Market Connections
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
10%synergy
The Meathook Massacre
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
19%synergy
Polluted Bonds
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Pyrohemia
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Revenge of Ravens
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
17%synergy
Wound Reflection
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Descent into Avernus
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
-7%synergy
Fiery Emancipation
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Kaya's Ghostform
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Citadel of Pain
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
City on Fire
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Fated Firepower
11%inclusion4 decks38 decks
7%synergy
Burning Earth
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Smoke
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Havoc Festival
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Theater of Horrors
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Pestilence
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
6%synergy
Hissing Miasma
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Dictate of the Twin Gods
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Phyrexian Reclamation
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Sanguine Bond
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
2%synergy
The Rollercrusher Ride
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Animate Dead
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Maximum Carnage
5.7%inclusion2 decks35 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
51%synergy
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Leechridden Swamp
68%inclusion32 decks47 decks
59%synergy
Shivan Gorge
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
47%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
34%synergy
Reliquary Tower
45%inclusion21 decks47 decks
27%synergy
Bojuka Bog
40%inclusion19 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
27%synergy
Urza's Saga
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
21%synergy
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Spinerock Knoll
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Arena of Glory
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
10%synergy
Command Beacon
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Cabal Coffers
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
8%synergy
Spymaster's Vault
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Strip Mine
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Maze of Ith
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Volrath's Stronghold
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Inventors' Fair
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Temple of the False God
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-4%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
98%inclusion46 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Sol Ring
96%inclusion45 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
83%inclusion39 decks47 decks
27%synergy
Fellwar Stone
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
26%synergy
Rakdos Signet
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Thought Vessel
57%inclusion27 decks47 decks
39%synergy
Mind Stone
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
4%synergy
The Soul Stone
31%inclusion12 decks39 decks
26%synergy
Lotus Petal
13%inclusion6 decks47 decks
5%synergy
Séance Board
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Fire Diamond
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion47 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion47 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
98%inclusion46 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
91%inclusion43 decks47 decks
59%synergy
Blood Crypt
89%inclusion42 decks47 decks
45%synergy
Luxury Suite
87%inclusion41 decks47 decks
48%synergy
Badlands
83%inclusion39 decks47 decks
70%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
81%inclusion38 decks47 decks
34%synergy
Graven Cairns
79%inclusion37 decks47 decks
49%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
74%inclusion35 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Blazemire Verge
72%inclusion34 decks47 decks
42%synergy
Haunted Ridge
68%inclusion32 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
64%inclusion30 decks47 decks
48%synergy
Mount Doom
60%inclusion28 decks47 decks
43%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
55%inclusion26 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Raucous Theater
53%inclusion25 decks47 decks
32%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
51%inclusion24 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Tainted Peak
49%inclusion23 decks47 decks
7%synergy
Prismatic Vista
47%inclusion22 decks47 decks
41%synergy
Marsh Flats
36%inclusion17 decks47 decks
28%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
34%inclusion16 decks47 decks
-12%synergy
Fell the Profane
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
-3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
1%synergy
Arid Mesa
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
23%synergy
Polluted Delta
32%inclusion15 decks47 decks
24%synergy
Wooded Foothills
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Scalding Tarn
28%inclusion13 decks47 decks
20%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Malice
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
-8%synergy
Valakut Awakening
26%inclusion12 decks47 decks
18%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
3%synergy
Plaza of Heroes
23%inclusion11 decks47 decks
22%synergy
Boggart Trawler
21%inclusion10 decks47 decks
15%synergy
Fabled Passage
19%inclusion9 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Canyon Slough
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Talon Gates of Madara
17%inclusion8 decks47 decks
16%synergy
Agadeem's Awakening
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
11%synergy
Reflecting Pool
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
12%synergy
Mana Confluence
15%inclusion7 decks47 decks
9%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
11%inclusion5 decks47 decks
-22%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
-11%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
4%synergy
City of Brass
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
8.5%inclusion4 decks47 decks
4%synergy
Cavern of Souls
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Evolving Wilds
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-15%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-2%synergy
Sundering Eruption
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
2%synergy
Geothermal Bog
6.4%inclusion3 decks47 decks
-3%synergy