---
name: "Rakdos Joins Up"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Enchantment"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "POTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos"
collector_number: "225s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wylie Beckert"
oracle_id: "6a47865c-8fa2-4cb2-aebf-8009c065395f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rakdos-joins-up-potj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rakdos Joins Up
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Enchantment

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vraska Joins Up](/printing/vraska-joins-up-otj.md) — Legendary Enchantment
2. [Evil Reawakened](/printing/evil-reawakened-fin.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rakdos's Return](/printing/rakdoss-return-pio.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rakdos, Lord of Riots](/printing/rakdos-lord-of-riots-rtr.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon
5. [Rakdos, the Muscle](/printing/rakdos-the-muscle-potj.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon Mercenary
6. [Grave Betrayal](/printing/grave-betrayal-rtr.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos (POTJ) #225s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wylie Beckert
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`