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Sometimes, the opponent will not even have access to three mana and will be locked out of the game for a long period of time

This ability fits perfectly into aggressive and midrange red decks that want to swing hard

But Randy (Buehler) thought it was cool enough to be its own card (Randy was on the Fifth Dawn design team and had seen the card the first time around)

It was the first major, on-curve creature with a powerful ability to boot (compared to other cards of a similar cost, like Nettletooth Djinn, that had weaknesses instead)

It might peter out midgame from playing like that, but as long as it hasnt incurred too much wrath in the early turns, usually someone else is The Threat by then, at which point, Rakdos can sit back a little and work on a plan to follow through on its early damage