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Rakdos, the Muscle
Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary
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.
Illustrated by Victor Maury
#5,077 most played card in Commander (EDHREC)
Legalities
- LegalStandard
- Not legalAlchemy
- LegalPioneer
- LegalHistoric
- LegalModern
- LegalBrawl
- LegalLegacy
- LegalTimeless
- LegalVintage
- Not legalPauper
- LegalCommander
- LegalPenny
- LegalOathbreaker
Keywords 6
It can only be blocked by creatures with flying or reach.
If blocked, excess damage can go to the player behind.
You put a permanent you control into the graveyard yourself (≠ destroy: indestructible / hexproof usually don’t stop it).
A zone outside the game: not the graveyard; many « from graveyard » effects won’t see it.
Mana value is the TOTAL number of mana in a cost, all colors combined. The cost below needs 4 mana in total, so its mana value is 4.
Destroy effects and lethal damage don’t destroy it.
