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◇ Catalog #393

Rakdos's Return

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#393·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Daarken

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Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,623 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Sorcery

Rakdos's Return deals X damage to target opponent or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards X cards.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2012-10-01wotc

The target opponent will discard X cards even if some or all of the damage dealt by Rakdos’s Return is prevented or redirected.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #393 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black/red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {X}{B}{R} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #13,623 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Daarken. Rarix catalogs 1,287 other cards credited to this artist.