Rakdos Joins Up — Dark Carnival Commander
Rakdos Joins Up is a pragmatic tool for graveyard recursion and a steady source of indirect damage. The legendary enchantment profile fits well in Rakdos decks that want to reanimate a key creature and immediately upgrade it with two additional plus one counters. The enter the battlefield trigger is straightforward and efficient for midrank creatures while the ongoing trigger converts the deaths of your legendary creatures into predictable reach against an opponent.
Use this card as a core engine in a sacrifice or aristocrat shell where you can reliably put legendary creatures into the graveyard. The second ability scales with creature power so it rewards investing in bigger legendary threats or using anthem effects to turn every death into direct damage. The extended art print gives the piece a stage ready look that suits the Outlaws of Thunder Junction flavor while remaining tournament legal in casual and many competitive formats.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost — {3}{B}{R}
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Card Type — Legendary Enchantment
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) — When Rakdos Joins Up enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with two additional +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever a legendary creature you control dies, Rakdos Joins Up deals damage equal to that creature's power to target opponent.
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