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Rankle, Pitiless Trickster
Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue
Flying Rankle has lifelink and haste as long as an opponent controls no creatures. When Rankle enters, you may pay 1 life. When you do, each player discards a card and sacrifices a creature. Whenever a player discards a card, Rankle perpetually gets +1/+0.
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“Discard-focused Faerie that grows while forcing opponents to sacrifice and pitch cards”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage
Sacrifice, Aristocrats, Reanimator
Strategy
Rankle is a flexible discard and sacrifice engine that rewards you for making opponents discard while pressuring the board. Your core gameplan is to abuse her enter-the-battlefield trigger repeatedly—either through reanimation or flicker effects—to force discards and sacrifice effects. Each discard triggers her power boost, turning her into a legitimate threat while you grind down opponents' resources. The deck wins by combining commander damage with a steady stream of disruption, eventually closing out games once Rankle becomes too large to block effectively.
You'll want to pair Rankle with sacrifice outlets, reanimation spells, and effects that trigger on discard or sacrifice. Cards that benefit from discards (like Necrogen Mists or Waste Not effects) create additional value, while creatures with death triggers (Zulaport Cutthroat, Viscera Seer) turn your forced sacrifices into meaningful damage or card draw. The deck naturally grinds out value while keeping opponents off-balance through repeated discard and creature removal.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Replace expensive tutors like Demonic Tutor with Diabolic Tutor or Beseech the Queen; use budget reanimation like Zombify or Unearth instead of Animate Dead.
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