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Rakdos Joins Up

Legendary Enchantment

When Rakdos Joins Up enters, 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.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction
Price
$0.40
EDHREC rank
#3320
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Rakdos Joins Up card art
Rakdos Joins Up lands and immediately copies the best creature on the board — that's a Clever Impersonator effect stapled to an enchantment for three mana, with no additional hoops. In legendary-matters decks like Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge, the copy also draws a card on entry, making this one of the most efficient value plays in the archetype.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

39.9% of decks · synergy 0.38

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge draws a card whenever a legendary permanent enters, so Rakdos Joins Up triggers that ability twice — once for the enchantment itself and once for the legendary creature it copies.

02
Dihada, Binder of Wills

Dihada, Binder of Wills

31.2% of decks · synergy 0.29

Dihada, Binder of Wills cares about legendaries entering and leaving, and Rakdos Joins Up reliably produces a legendary token copy of whatever threat is already dominating the board, fueling Dihada's loyalty engine.

04
Jodah, the Unifier

Jodah, the Unifier

18.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

Jodah, the Unifier cascades off legendary spells, and Rakdos Joins Up is a legendary enchantment that also produces a legendary token — two legendary permanents for one card slot is exactly what the deck wants.

05
Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Raphael, Fiendish Savior

22.2% of decks · synergy 0.17

Raphael, Fiendish Savior rewards flooding the board with creatures, and Rakdos Joins Up drops an additional copy of whichever creature is most dangerous without spending a creature slot or a high mana investment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Rakdos Joins Up — multiplayer tables almost always have a high-value legendary creature in play by turn three, guaranteeing the copy effect hits something relevant. In competitive non-singleton formats like Modern or Pioneer, the sorcery speed and token-not-permanent clause limit its ceiling; you're usually better off with a creature that copies itself at instant speed or stays on the board permanently. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken permanents that copying one could be backbreaking, but three mana at sorcery speed is a liability in those formats. Standard is where Rakdos Joins Up occasionally sees fringe play when the format's legendary density is high, but it's a Commander card at heart.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Rakdos Joins Up is firmly bulk, which understates how much work it does in legendary-matters builds. Bulk rares with clear two-card synergies tend to stay cheap until a breakout moment, so grab copies now if the archetype fits your deck.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.