Magic the Gathering (MTG) - Rakdos Midrange - Da-Planet
Magic players, Chris here
A few weeks ago, I took part of a Pioneer RCQ at Gam3Escape & placed 2nd place playing Rakdos Midrange.
This is the decklist I played
Deck
4 Blightstep Pathway
4 Blood Crypt
4 Bloodtithe Harvester
4 Bonecrusher Giant
1 Castle Locthwain
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Cut /// Ribbons
2 Den of the Bugbear
3 Dreadbore
4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
4 Fatal Push
4 Graveyard Trespasser
4 Haunted Ridge
2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
2 Mountain
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
1 Strangle
2 Swamp
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
2 Tenacious Underdog
4 Thoughtseize
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Sideboard
2 Alpine Moon
2 Epic Downfall
2 Go Blank
2 Hidetsugu Consumes All
1 Invoke Despair
2 Lava Coil
2 Lifebane Zombie
1 Ritual of Soot
1 Unlicensed Hearse
When looking at this deck, this is a ROCKs style deck as it has the best removals as well as good threats on top of cheap discard effect.
Another thing about this deck is that it mostly has a 50/50 matchup across the board so you don't lose too many points in most matchup.
For the most part, Rakdos Midrange plays more of a fair game unlike most other decks in the format.
The reason why I chose to play this deck is that it doesn't have too much complex lines comparing to most other decks as well as I haven't played competitive paper since pre-COVID. That is about 2.5 years I have played since. Any rate, if you are a fan of unpolarized match-ups, I would recommend playing this style of deck.
With RCQ going on around the world, we are hosting a RCQ on Sunday August 28 at 10 AM with the format being Pioneer.
We hope to see you then.