Despite flavor problems, I’m choosing to call this Rakdos anyhow.
When I restarted my Standard career around Return to Ravnica, I thought [scryfall]Archwing Dragon[/scryfall] was hugely underplayed. It used to ran over players relying on [scryfall]Supreme Verdict[/scryfall] and [scryfall]Detention Sphere[/scryfall]. Now we have creatures with Raid in the format, but I think this still has some value:
It might be hard to control the downside, but not impossible.
[deck]
[creatures]
3 Zurgo Bellstriker
4 Bloodsoaked Champion
4 Forerunner of Slaughter
4 Abbot of Keral Keep
3 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
4 Dust Stalker
2 Kolaghan, the Storm’s Fury
2 Hangarback Walker
[/creatures]
[spells]
4 Duress
4 Exquisite Firecraft
2 Kolaghan’s Command
[/spells]
[lands]
4 Smoldering Marsh
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Polluted Delta
4 Swamp
4 Mountain
[/lands]
[/deck]
I think I’d personally run Alesha over Dust Stalker. Being able to return Drana or Zurgo seems powerful.
Good idea. Being able to return [card]Abbot of Keral Keep[/card] seems powerful.