Ep. 43 Time to Get Stupid! | Rakdos Joins up Combo in Esper | MTG Arena Standard | Mythic Play

Today we are playing the Rakdos joins up combo. We added black for basically just bitter triumph for more spot removal, and something to dump cards from our hand. This deck is dominant!
Deck
1 Plains (UST) 212
1 Island (UST) 213
4 Adarkar Wastes (DMU) 243
4 Seachrome Coast (ONE) 258
4 Raffine's Tower (SNC) 254
3 Otherworldly Gaze (MID) 67
4 Faithful Mending (MID) 221
4 Deserted Beach (MID) 260
1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268
1 Otawara, Soaring City (NEO) 271
3 Temporary Lockdown (DMU) 36
3 Founding the Third Path (DMU) 50
4 Fallaji Archaeologist (BRO) 48
4 Hulking Metamorph (BRO) 79
3 Picklock Prankster (WOE) 64
4 Abuelo's Awakening (LCI) 1
2 Meticulous Archive (MKM) 264
4 Rakdos Joins Up (OTJ) 225
1 Sunfall (MOM) 40
2 Bitter Triumph (LCI) 91
2 Undercity Sewers (MKM) 270
1 Swamp (UST) 214
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:23 Games
24:59 Outro

[@alexmuccilli]

Will def not be banned. Glass canon.

[@GrinningJest3r]

Absolutely. Been playing this deck - well a similar deck with the same payoff - for about a week. Loses to like two dozen graveyard hate cards (King Skitter is a pain in the ass) because unless you wait until like turn 6 or 7 with a faithful mending, rakdos, hulking, and abuelo's all in-hand, you're never going to be able to go off in one turn. and however many instant speed removal spells are out there. Not to mention counterspells.
Kotose, The End, The Stone Brain, and Deadly Cover-Up all absolutely shut down the deck, too, with no possible way to recover in one fell swoop since they find and exile each copy of the same card.

[@isaidicanshout]

no chance it gets banned... i have 100% winrate AGAINST rakdos abuelo playing as both Azorius Mindsplice and Esper PWs... just counter abuelo, or instant kill rakdos joins up when it hits the battlefield. as soon as i see a loot spell, it's "oh it's abuelo." pretty easy to see this coming.

[@emti29]

i have 100% win rate with this deck. face me, you'll be part of the statistics

[@agent9791]

How do you play esper with red?

[@MoldyKumquat]

Mana base is Esper.

[@IceLanternTV]

Typical mtg content creator, everything they post is broken. :)

[@MoldyKumquat]

In BO1 all things are possible.