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Rakdos Phoenixes
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $163.32
Salt sum: 30.56
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Commander

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Syrix, Carrier of the Flame

Flying, haste At the beginning of each end step, if a creature card left your graveyard this turn, target Phoenix you control deals damage equal to its power to any target. Whenever another Phoenix you control dies, you may cast this card from your graveyard.

Creature
Syrix, Carrier of the Flame (ncc) 80

Commander

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Multipliers

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City on Fire

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Enchantment
City on Fire (mom) 135
Fiery Emancipation

If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Fiery Emancipation (wot) 42
Flayer of the Hatebound

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever this creature or another creature enters from your graveyard, that creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Flayer of the Hatebound (dka) 89
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. {1}{R/P}{R/P}, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim. ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)

Creature
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus (one) 150

Multipliers

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Sac Outlets

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Callous Sell-Sword

Creature
Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together (woe) 221
Fling

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

Instant
Fling (akh) 132
Kazuul's Fury

Instant
Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146
Thud

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Thud deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

Sorcery
Thud (m19) 163

Sac Outlets

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Board Wipes

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Bloodfire Infusion

Enchant creature you control {R}, Sacrifice enchanted creature: This Aura deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to each creature.

Enchantment
Bloodfire Infusion (apc) 57
Cinderclasm

Kicker {R} (You may pay an additional {R} as you cast this spell.) Cinderclasm deals 1 damage to each creature. If it was kicked, it deals 2 damage to each creature instead.

Instant
Cinderclasm (znr) 136
Sweltering Suns

Sweltering Suns deals 3 damage to each creature. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Sweltering Suns (akh) 149

Board Wipes

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Non-phoenix recursion

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Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.

Creature
Chainer, Nightmare Adept (mh2) 289
Demonic Gifts

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Instant
Demonic Gifts (khm) 84
Fake Your Own Death

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Fake Your Own Death (snc) 79
Presumed Dead

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control and suspect it." (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.)

Instant
Presumed Dead (mkm) 100
Return to Action

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant
Return to Action (neo) 121
Shade's Form

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "{B}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn." When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Shade's Form (tor) 81
Supernatural Stamina

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant
Supernatural Stamina (cmm) 188
Undying Evil

Target creature gains undying until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Instant
Undying Evil (dka) 77
Undying Malice

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant
Undying Malice (vow) 134

Non-phoenix recursion

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Draw

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Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (clb) 124
Dockside Chef

{1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Dockside Chef (neo) 93
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (dka) 87
Morbid Curiosity

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw cards equal to the mana value of the sacrificed permanent.

Sorcery
Morbid Curiosity (kld) 94
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (m13) 110
Sunbird's Invocation

Whenever you cast a spell from your hand, reveal the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from among cards revealed this way without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Enchantment
Sunbird's Invocation (xln) 165
Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (j22) 84
Toil

Sorcery
Toil // Trouble (dgm) 133
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor

Haste At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, the next time they would draw a card this turn, instead they exile the top card of their library. They may play it this turn.

Creature
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor (snc) 129
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (m21) 126
Wild Guess

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Wild Guess (m14) 161

Draw

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Phoenixes

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Akoum Firebird

Flying, haste This creature attacks each combat if able. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may pay {4}{R}{R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Akoum Firebird (bfz) 138
Ashcloud Phoenix

Flying When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield face down under your control. Morph {4}{R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, it deals 2 damage to each player.

Creature
Ashcloud Phoenix (mkc) 147
Detective's Phoenix

Bestow—{R}, Collect evidence 6. (To pay this bestow cost, pay {R} and exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.) Flying, haste Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste. You may cast this card from your graveyard using its bestow ability.

Creature Enchantment
Detective's Phoenix (mh3) 116
Everquill Phoenix

Mutate {3}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying Whenever this creature mutates, create a red artifact token named Feather with "{1}, Sacrifice this token: Return target Phoenix card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped."

Creature
Everquill Phoenix (iko) 292
Flame-Wreathed Phoenix

Flying Tribute 2 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put two +1/+1 counters on it.) When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand."

Creature
Flame-Wreathed Phoenix (bng) 97
Flamewake Phoenix

Flying, haste This creature attacks each combat if able. Ferocious — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, you may pay {R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Flamewake Phoenix (frf) 100
Lamplight Phoenix

Flying When this creature dies, you may exile it and collect evidence 4. If you do, return this card to the battlefield tapped. (To collect evidence 4, exile cards with total mana value 4 or greater from your graveyard.)

Creature
Lamplight Phoenix (mkm) 137
Lightning Phoenix

Flying, haste This creature can't block. At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent was dealt 3 or more damage this turn, you may pay {R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Lightning Phoenix (jmp) 21
Nemesis Phoenix

Flying {2}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking. Activate only during the declare attackers step and only if you're attacking two or more opponents.

Creature
Nemesis Phoenix (clb) 189
Phoenix Chick

Flying, haste This creature can't block. Whenever you attack with three or more creatures, you may pay {R}{R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Phoenix Chick (dmu) 140
Phoenix of Ash

Flying, haste {2}{R}: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Escape—{2}{R}{R}, Exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.) This creature escapes with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Phoenix of Ash (thb) 148
Rekindling Phoenix

Flying When this creature dies, create a 0/1 red Elemental creature token with "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this token and return target card named Rekindling Phoenix from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste until end of turn."

Creature
Rekindling Phoenix (ncc) 273
Skyfire Phoenix

Flying, haste When you cast your commander, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Skyfire Phoenix (c19) 28
Sunstreak Phoenix

Flying If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as this creature enters. Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, you may pay {1}{R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Sunstreak Phoenix (mid) 162
Warcry Phoenix

Flying, haste Whenever you attack with three or more creatures, you may pay {2}{R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Creature
Warcry Phoenix (dom) 150

Phoenixes

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Firebreathing

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Betrothed of Fire

Enchant creature Sacrifice an untapped creature: Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Sacrifice enchanted creature: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Betrothed of Fire (wth) 89
Captive Flame

{R}: Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Captive Flame (sok) 96
Everflame Eidolon

Bestow {2}{R} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.) {R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If it's an Aura, enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn instead. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Creature Enchantment
Everflame Eidolon (bng) 92
Fiery Mantle

Enchant creature {R}: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Fiery Mantle (usg) 186
Ghitu Firebreathing

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature {R}: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {R}: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Ghitu Firebreathing (tsp) 158
Ghitu War Cry

{R}: Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Ghitu War Cry (plst) ULG-78

Firebreathing

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Ramp (no I am NOT adding sol ring)

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
Fire Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Artifact
Fire Diamond (clb) 313
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (cmm) 395
Mana Flare

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Enchantment
Mana Flare (wot) 46
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (clb) 325
Nightscape Familiar

Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.

Creature
Nightscape Familiar (dmr) 94
Obsidian Obelisk

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a multicolored spell.

Artifact
Obsidian Obelisk (dmc) 18
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (j22) 581
Rakdos, Lord of Riots

You can't cast Rakdos unless an opponent lost life this turn. Flying, trample Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

Creature
Rakdos, Lord of Riots (rvr) 379
Sneak Attack

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment
Sneak Attack (dmr) 139

Ramp (no I am NOT adding sol ring)

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Land

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Geothermal Bog

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Geothermal Bog (dmu) 247
Ifnir Deadlands

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B}. {2}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Put two -1/-1 counters on target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Ifnir Deadlands (hou) 179
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mkm) 283
Phyrexian Tower

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Land
Phyrexian Tower (jmp) 493
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mkm) 281

Land

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Removal

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By Force

Destroy X target artifacts.

Sorcery
By Force (akh) 123
Enchanter's Bane

At the beginning of your end step, target enchantment deals damage equal to its mana value to its controller unless that player sacrifices it.

Enchantment
Enchanter's Bane (c18) 21
Fell the Profane

Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Sundering Eruption

Sorcery
Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248

Removal

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Still a work in progress - I want to focus this deck into a faster, more reactive, and more resilient version of itself. With the recent phoenix love, I hope to make that a reality. This is my first commander deck and it started off as a pile of phoenixes, which have long been one of my favorite creature types. Intentionally avoiding creatures with an undead flavor (zombies and skeletons) for the ~aesthetic~ and also to give what could be a really gnarly/salty/expensive Rakdos recursion deck a limitation of some sort. pls no bojuka bog </3\n\nPersonal Notes\nCards for consideration:\n\nBlack prot/recursion\nAshnod's Intervention (1)\nFeign Death (1)\nNot Dead After All (1)\nAbnormal Endurance (2)\n\nFirebreathing\nCrown of Flames\n\nRemoval\nBedevil\nTerminate\nReplace Cleansing Wildfire with Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure\nFast // Furious\nFell the Profane // Fell Mire\n\nOthers\nBurning Vengeance\nBurnt Offering\nShred Memory\nToil // Trouble\nSpymaster's Vault\nInfernal plunge\n\nRocks\nTalisman of Indulgence\nObsidian Obelisk\nCharcoal Diamond\nMind Stone\nFellwar Stone\nPrismatic Lens\n\nSac/card draw\nEviscerator's Insight\nCorrupted Conviction\nDredge\nCostly Plunder\nAltar's Reap\n\nusing 16/34 potential phoenixes\n"}]}
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