Budget Bauble
The Lord of Pain - Decklist

Creatures 27$17.72

  1. Angrath's Marauders1Angrath's Marauders$0.26
  2. Barbflare Gremlin1Barbflare Gremlin$0.42
  3. Blood Seeker1Blood Seeker$0.22
  4. Combustible Gearhulk1Combustible Gearhulk$0.25
  5. Fear of Burning Alive1Fear of Burning Alive$0.19
  6. Fiendish Duo1Fiendish Duo$1.82
  7. Florian, Voldaren Scion1Florian, Voldaren Scion$0.39
  8. Gray Merchant of Asphodel1Gray Merchant of Asphodel$0.63
  9. Harsh Mentor1Harsh Mentor$0.34

Creatures continued

  1. Kaervek the Merciless1Kaervek the Merciless$0.33
  2. Kardur, Doomscourge1Kardur, Doomscourge$0.46
  3. Keen Duelist1Keen Duelist$0.34
  4. Mai, Scornful Striker1Mai, Scornful Striker$0.91
  5. Marching Duodrone1Marching Duodrone$0.16
  6. Nightshade Harvester1Nightshade Harvester$0.36
  7. Obosh, the Preypiercer1Obosh, the Preypiercer$0.27
  8. Rakdos, Lord of Riots1Rakdos, Lord of Riots$0.73
  9. Rampaging Ferocidon1Rampaging Ferocidon$1.54

Creatures continued

  1. Rug of Smothering1Rug of Smothering$0.64
  2. Scytheclaw Raptor1Scytheclaw Raptor$0.29
  3. Seizan, Perverter of Truth1Seizan, Perverter of Truth$1.87
  4. Shadow of Mortality1Shadow of Mortality$0.73
  5. Star Athlete1Star Athlete$0.97
  6. Stormfist Crusader1Stormfist Crusader$0.38
  7. Sunspine Lynx1Sunspine Lynx$1.57
  8. Syr Konrad, the Grim1Syr Konrad, the Grim$1.00
  9. Zenith Chronicler1Zenith Chronicler$0.65

Instants 6$2.61

  1. Blood Pact1Blood Pact$0.11
  2. Curtains' Call1Curtains' Call$0.40
  3. Rakdos Charm1Rakdos Charm$0.38
  4. Suspended Sentence1Suspended Sentence$0.64
  5. Transforming Flourish1Transforming Flourish$0.24
  6. Withering Torment1Withering Torment$0.84

Sorceries 7$2.89

  1. Blasphemous Act1Blasphemous Act$0.75
  2. Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass1Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass$0.33
  3. Decree of Pain1Decree of Pain$0.29
  4. Exsanguinate1Exsanguinate$0.31
  5. Grab the Prize1Grab the Prize$0.54
  6. Sadistic Shell Game1Sadistic Shell Game$0.43
  7. Sign in Blood1Sign in Blood$0.24

Artifacts 4$3.14

  1. Fellwar Stone1Fellwar Stone$0.59
  2. Ghirapur Orrery1Ghirapur Orrery$0.37
  3. Helm of Awakening1Helm of Awakening$1.59
  4. Mask of Griselbrand1Mask of Griselbrand$0.59

Enchantments 17$16.37

  1. Dictate of the Twin Gods1Dictate of the Twin Gods$1.11
  2. Enchanter's Bane1Enchanter's Bane$0.29
  3. Gratuitous Violence1Gratuitous Violence$1.00
  4. Grievous Wound1Grievous Wound$0.72
  5. Havoc Festival1Havoc Festival$0.40
  6. Maddening Hex1Maddening Hex$2.00
  7. Mana Cache1Mana Cache$0.74
  8. Mana Flare1Mana Flare$0.54
  9. Pain Magnification1Pain Magnification$0.86

Enchantments continued

  1. Painful Quandary1Painful Quandary$1.52
  2. Parker Luck1Parker Luck$0.30
  3. Roiling Vortex1Roiling Vortex$1.63
  4. Spiteful Visions1Spiteful Visions$0.63
  5. Sulfuric Vortex1Sulfuric Vortex$0.88
  6. The Rollercrusher Ride1The Rollercrusher Ride$0.63
  7. Underworld Dreams1Underworld Dreams$1.87
  8. Wild Evocation1Wild Evocation$1.25

Lands 38 / 38$17.24

  1. Ash Barrens1Ash Barrens$0.15
  2. Bloodfell Caves1Bloodfell Caves$0.14
  3. Bojuka Bog1Bojuka Bog$1.18
  4. Canyon Slough1Canyon Slough$0.21
  5. Castle Locthwain1Castle Locthwain$1.34
  6. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  7. Dragonskull Summit1Dragonskull Summit$0.45
  8. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  9. Exotic Orchard1Exotic Orchard$0.20
  10. Fabled Passage1Fabled Passage$0.77
  11. Foreboding Ruins1Foreboding Ruins$0.32

Lands continued

  1. Geothermal Bog1Geothermal Bog$0.24
  2. Graven Cairns1Graven Cairns$1.55
  3. Haunted Ridge1Haunted Ridge$1.25
  4. Jagged Barrens1Jagged Barrens$0.50
  5. Leechridden Swamp1Leechridden Swamp$0.73
  6. Mountain×33Mountain$0.24
  7. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  8. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17
  9. Rakdos Carnarium1Rakdos Carnarium$0.30
  10. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  11. Shadowblood Ridge1Shadowblood Ridge$0.27

Lands continued

  1. Shivan Gorge1Shivan Gorge$1.03
  2. Smoldering Marsh1Smoldering Marsh$0.25
  3. Snow-Covered Mountain×22Snow-Covered Mountain$1.00
  4. Snow-Covered Swamp×22Snow-Covered Swamp$1.18
  5. Spinerock Knoll1Spinerock Knoll$0.47
  6. Sulfurous Springs1Sulfurous Springs$0.46
  7. Swamp×22Swamp$0.20
  8. Tainted Peak1Tainted Peak$1.25
  9. Temple of Malice1Temple of Malice$0.20
  10. Temple of the False God1Temple of the False God$0.19
  11. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10

About this The Lord of Pain deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: The Lord of Pain, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $70.76 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what The Lord of Pain decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Blasphemous Act, Kaervek the Merciless and Rakdos Charm. The picks most particular to this commander are Spiteful Visions, Painful Quandary and Sadistic Shell Game, which turn up here far more often than in other Rakdos decks.

Its average mana value is 4.06. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are Maddening Hex ($2.00), Seizan, Perverter of Truth ($1.87) and Underworld Dreams ($1.87); 28 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $50.53, and with no limit $547.30; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value4.06
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match55%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 0 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 15 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 17 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 8 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 10 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 6 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 6 cards

The curve and the average cover The Lord of Pain and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1010+0
Card advantage1212+0
Targeted disruption1212+0
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3839+1
Plan3026-4

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 6 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

Check your own decklist against the template →

Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

Compare prices at other card limits

Full deck price by per-card cap

  1. Up to $0.25 per card: $27.35 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 16% deck match
  2. Up to $0.50 per card: $38.73 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 52% deck match
  3. Up to $0.75 per card: $44.82 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 56% deck match
  4. Up to $1 per card: $50.53 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 56% deck match
  5. Up to $1.50 per card: $56.44 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 54% deck match
  6. Up to $2 per card: $70.76 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 55% deck match
  7. Up to $3 per card: $90.87 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 58% deck match
  8. Up to $5 per card: $120.11 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 63% deck match
  9. Up to $7.50 per card: $162.42 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 68% deck match
  10. Up to $10 per card: $210.77 for 100 of 100 cards; the commander costs more than this cap; 73% deck match
  11. Up to $15 per card: $247.02 for 100 of 100 cards; 74% deck match
  12. Up to $20 per card: $253.33 for 100 of 100 cards; 74% deck match
  13. Up to $30 per card: $345.25 for 100 of 100 cards; 77% deck match
  14. Up to $50 per card: $394.25 for 100 of 100 cards; 77% deck match
  15. Up to $100 per card: $547.30 for 100 of 100 cards; 77% deck match
  16. No per-card cap: $547.30 for 100 of 100 cards; 77% deck match

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for The Lord of Pain at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what The Lord of Pain decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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