Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots: Legendary Creature - Demon, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}{B}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Demon
- Colour identity
- Black and red (BR)
- Power / toughness
- 6/6
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 230
- Artist
- Yigit Koroglu
- Commander rank
- 2,565 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Trample
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black and red legendary creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 230 in that set, with art by Yigit Koroglu. It costs {B}{B}{R}{R} (two black and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 6/6 creature. Its colour identity is black and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Return to Ravnica (2012) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.69 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
You can't cast Rakdos unless an opponent lost life this turn.
Flying, trample
Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.69 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Rakdos, Lord of Riots by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #215 | Rare | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #379 | Rare | 2024 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #379z | Rare | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #86208 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #532 | Mythic | 2020 |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) #52 | Mythic | 2019 |
| Return to Ravnica (RTR) #187 | Mythic | 2012 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Rakdos, Lord of Riots, newest first.
- 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.
- Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
- 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 won't reduce the cost to cast Rakdos itself. It applies only to creature spells you cast once Rakdos is on the battlefield.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rakdos's last ability can't reduce the colored mana requirement of a creature spell you cast.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Rakdos, Lord of Riots is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.