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Best Manabase for

Rakdos, the Muscle

Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary

· Rakdos

· #494 (5,440 decks)

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.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

31 lands · total $96.40 budget: $100

Composition 15 Basics 4 Other Nonbasic 1 Battle Lands 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Fetch Lands 1 Karoos (Bouncelands) 1 Odyssey Filter Lands 1 Pain Lands 1 Reveal Lands (Shadows / Snarls) 1 Shock Lands 1 Tainted Lands 1 Temples (Scry Lands) 1 Verge Lands

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$96.40 16

Basics

$1.20 15

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant Rakdos, the Muscle decks run that your current build doesn't include yet. Ranked by how often they appear in actual decks.

Badlands

99% of expensive decks

$512.02

Gemstone Caverns

92% of expensive decks

$50.46

City of Brass

90% of expensive decks

$9.88

Mana Confluence

90% of expensive decks

$33.31

Polluted Delta

89% of expensive decks

$19.69

Marsh Flats

89% of expensive decks

$31.46

Verdant Catacombs

82% of expensive decks

$31.00

Mount Doom

82% of expensive decks

$7.77

Arid Mesa

80% of expensive decks

$32.67

Scalding Tarn

73% of expensive decks

$38.34

Raucous Theater

68% of expensive decks

$10.91

Wooded Foothills

66% of expensive decks

$18.12

About This Manabase

Rakdos, the Muscle is a Rakdos commander with a BR color identity, so any land that produces only those colors is fair game. Our auto-built manabase above starts at the Optimized $100 tier and ranks every pick by how often real EDHREC decks actually run it — so shocks and fetches show up where the budget allows, dropping to scry lands, gain lands, and tap-duals as the cap tightens.

Pick a tier above to reshape the manabase. The Budget ($25) tier mirrors what budget-deck players actually run — mostly basics and the cheapest utility lands; Optimized ($100) shifts to the “default” EDHREC variant with shocks, fast lands, and a couple of fetches when the budget allows; Unlimited uses the expensive-variant data — originals, full fetch suites, and premium duals appear when in identity. Filter out tap-lands for faster decks, or pin yourself to fetchable lands for a fetch-heavy ramp shell.