---
name: "Rakdos Ringleader"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Skeleton Warrior"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["First strike", "Regenerate"]
set: "RTR"
set_name: "Return to Ravnica"
collector_number: "186"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jason Felix"
oracle_id: "f8ce8573-7c87-4f47-a0d4-14bd335f2c1d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rakdos-ringleader-rtr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Rakdos Ringleader
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Skeleton Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** First strike, Regenerate

## Oracle Text
First strike
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card at random.
{B}: Regenerate this creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lim-Dûl's High Guard](/printing/lim-dûls-high-guard-me2.md) — Creature — Skeleton
2. [Rakdos Augermage](/printing/rakdos-augermage-dis.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Viashino Skeleton](/printing/viashino-skeleton-ala.md) — Creature — Lizard Skeleton
4. [Chilling Apparition](/printing/chilling-apparition-pcy.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Earsplitting Rats](/printing/earsplitting-rats-jud.md) — Creature — Rat
6. [Rakdos's Return](/printing/rakdoss-return-pio.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Return to Ravnica (RTR) #186
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jason Felix
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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