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Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
Legendary Creature — Lobster Citizen
Artifacts you control are Foods in addition to their other types and have "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life." {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a Food: Ragost deals 3 damage to each opponent. At the beginning of each end step, if you gained life this turn, untap Ragost.
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“Turn artifacts into Foods for life and damage pings”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Damage
Artifacts, Sacrifice, Tokens
Strategy
Ragost is a clever little chef who turns your artifacts into Foods, giving you a dual income stream of life gain and damage. Your game plan is to build a deck full of cheap artifacts—mana rocks, tokens, treasures—that can be sacrificed for either 3 life (via the Food ability) or 3 damage to all opponents (via Ragost's activated ability). The life gain triggers Ragost's untap ability, letting you tap him repeatedly each turn for damage or protection. You win by grinding out opponents with repeated damage pings while staying ahead on life total, or by going wide with token-generating artifacts and sacrificing them for value.
The deck wants to maximize artifact synergies and sacrifice outlets. Cards that generate multiple artifacts (especially Treasures and Food tokens) are your MVPs. You'll also want ways to untap Ragost or give him haste so you're not locked into a single activation per turn. The life gain payoff is real—you can stabilize against aggressive decks while dealing steady damage to everyone at the table. It's a tempo-focused grindy strategy that rewards careful sequencing and artifact density.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Load up on cheap artifacts and mana rocks like Ornithopter, Memnite, and Implement of Improvement rather than pricey combo pieces; swap Doubling Season for Second Harvest to enable budget token doubling.
Signature Cards
Inclusion = % of Ragost, Deft Gastronaut decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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