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Rakdos, the Muscle OTJ 0226 · mythic

Rakdos, the Muscle · {2}{B}{B}{R} · Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary · 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. · Power / toughness: 6/5

Rakdos, the Muscle · {2}{B}{B}{R} · Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary · 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. · Power / toughness: 6/5

Price
from $2.014 printings
Win rate
63.9% GIH 12,413 instances · Premier Draft
Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 7,935 wins in 12,413 card-in-hand instances.

12,186 distinct games · 4,353 distinct drafts · games recorded Apr 16–May 27, 2024.

17Lands file dated May 30, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Play

Black–Red · Black–RedBlack–Red plan →

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Bombs
Bring expendable creatures for its sacrifice abilities. Gaining indestructible taps Rakdos, so choose between protecting it and keeping an attack or block available.

Draft data

63.9%when drawn (GIH)

+9.8 pp vs 54.1% average · 12,413 instances

Premier Draft · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · average from 1,172,393 games

#6 of 347 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 1.6 on average (7,684 packs).

3 of 82 multicolor cards · 2 of 17 multicolor mythic cards.

Taken at pick1.65,100 picks
Makes the deck86.9%5,100 picks with known usage
When played56.5%24,557.7 matchesBenched 54.1%
2,278.3 matches
When drawn63.9%12,413 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Apr 16–May 27, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 62.6% · 4,867 instances
● Drawn later 64.8% · 7,546 instances

In hand 63.9% · 12,413 instances
Unseen in deck 49.9% · 16,090 instances
+14.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn63.9%12,413 instances3 of 82
Opening hand62.6%4,867 instances6 of 81
Drawn later64.8%7,546 instances2 of 82
In the deck56.2%28,833 instances11 of 82
Without seeing it49.9%16,090 instances56 of 82
Improvement when drawn+14.1 pp12,413 instances / 16,090 instances2 of 82
When benched54.1%2,278.3 matches25 of 82
Makes the deck86.9%5,100 picks with known usage7 of 82
Pick (last seen)1.67,684 packs5 of 82
Taken at1.65,100 picks6 of 82

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Black–Red BR65.5%2,310 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (63.9% · 12,413 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Oasis Gardener+5.2 pp5,971 games with both in the deck · 1,171 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 99% of 347 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Apr 16–May 27, 2024

Collect

4 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

OTJ 0226 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$2.01
FoilCollector Booster · Play Booster$3.60

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 170 packs (0.59%) · 6.8% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 2,360 packs (0.04%) · 1.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a Play Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 194 packs (0.52%) · 17.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Play BoosterWildcard of any rarity100%Wildcard of any rarity
Play BoosterRare or mythic rare100%Rare or mythic rare
Play BoosterTraditional foil of any rarity100%Traditional foil of any rarity
Collector BoosterTraditional foil OTJ or BIG rare or mythic100%Traditional foil OTJ or BIG rare or mythic

Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Victor Maury, OTJ 226 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Black–Red cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Wizards · Collecting Outlaws of Thunder Junction · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗