First printed in Outlaws of Thunder Junction (2024)
All 4 prints
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Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary
Flying, trample
Whenever you sacrifice another creature, exile cards equal to its mana value from the top of target player's library. Until your next end step, you may play those cards, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.
Sacrifice another creature: Rakdos gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it. Activate only once each turn.
6/5
- Illustrated by
- Victor Maury
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (3)
- Use the mana value of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to exile.
- If the sacrificed creature had
in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value. - You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played from exile with Rakdos's triggered ability. For example, if the exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft | 63.9% | +9.8 | +13.6 | 12186 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Sealed | 67.1% | +11.8 | +13.7 | 981 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
558 combos, the most popular first:
- Cast any number of spells from opponents' libraries, Exile each opponent's library…: Forsaken Miner + Phyrexian Altar + Rakdos, the Muscle
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Golgari Thug + Rakdos, the Muscle
- Each opponent loses the game, Exile each opponent's library: Doomsday Excruciator + Rakdos, the Muscle
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Mortuary + Rakdos, the Muscle
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Mortuary + Phyrexian Altar + Rakdos, the Muscle
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Mortuary + Rakdos, the Muscle + Reckless Barbarian
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Blood Pet + Mortuary + Rakdos, the Muscle
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Haunted Crossroads + Pitiless Plunderer + Rakdos, the Muscle + Reckless Barbarian
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Haunted Crossroads + Priest of Gix + Rakdos, the Muscle
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Blood Pet + Haunted Crossroads + Pitiless Plunderer + Rakdos, the Muscle
