The Gathering Duskmourn map is suddenly true to its name

Summary

The Modern meta changes post-bans, increasing the popularity of the new Rakdos Delirium deck.
The Fear of Missing card plays an important role in the deck's strategy and explains its recent surge in value.
Players who don't want to miss out on the deck may have to buy the card before it increases in value even more.

In 2024, several well-received ones came out Magic: The Gathering sets, some of the latest being Bloomburrow and Duskmourn. Very different in themes and setting, Bloomburrow is very successful Magic: The Gathering a set that sold so much that its cards began to lose value due to too much supply and too little demand, and is set on a plane where only animals live in a valley. At the other end of the spectrum is Duskmourn, a set that uses classic horror concepts and imagery, including several cards based on real-life scares. One of them suddenly went up in price due to its popularity in Modern, and now it lives up to its name.

Magic: The GatheringBans and lifting of bans in December 2024. have affected Modern more than other formats, finally taking action against the almighty The One Ring, which has long dominated the format. With a variety of banned and unbanned cards, Modern is rapidly changing meta-wise, and one of the biggest changes will come from a brand new deck coming to prominence – Rakdos Delirium. As the name suggests, it's a black/red deck that revolves around the Delirium mechanic, and it's the reason why Duskmourn's Fear of Missing Out went from $3 to around $10.

Because Fear of Missing Out is named after the anxiety that for whatever reason you won't be able to experience what's out of reach, and it's now selling for three times as much as it was until recently, those who don't have cards miss this deck archetype aptly.

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After the big bans and busts of Modern, the so-called Rakdos Delirium deck immediately started to appear, often alongside the newly banned Faithless Looting or even another Duskmourn card. MTGLord Balemurk. The goal of the deck is to quickly add at least four types of cards to the player's graveyard, so that Delirium is active on cards like Fear of Missing Out and Dragon's Rage Channeler to build up to big combat phases each turn, and then repeat them for more damage.

Cards like Nethergoyf also help with this strategy, as that Creature has power equal to the number of card types in the player's graveyard and toughness equal to that number plus one. So playing four copies of Fear of Missing Out helps to have multiple combat phases and open up big attackers so they can attack again. Decks Rakdos in Magic: The Gathering often have combos like this, and Standard even has new one-turn kill strategies. However, this deck doesn't require a lot of setup, and it does a great job of dealing with some of the biggest threats in Modern.

How MTG's Delirium Rakdos deck works

Because the text of Fear of Missing Out reads: “Whenever Fear of Missing Out attacks for the first time every turn, if there are four or more card types in your Graveyard, reveal target creature. This phase is followed by an additional combat phase. “, players can use its ability multiple times per turn, as long as it is attached to different copies of the Creature each time. Fear of Missing Out is also a great card to activate Delirium faster, as it counts as two Magic: The Gathering card types are Enchantment and Creature. So crushing her with Overlord of the Balemurk or discarding her via Faithless Looting already gives you two types of cards in the graveyard.

Another important Rakdos staple that fits well in this deck is Crox, a Titan of Death Famine who won't stay on the battlefield unless he's played at the expense of escaping the graveyard. Others are powerful Magic: The Gathering cards like The Lord of the Rings' Orcish Bowmasters or Detective's Phoenix from Modern Horizons 3 are also often present in the deck and pair well with Fear of Missing Out. Classics like Lightning Bolt and Thoughtseize help get the win with extra damage and low mana costs, making Rakdos Delirium a powerful deck that can win in just a few turns.

It's unclear if Fear of Missing Out will jump again or if this is its final price for a while, so those looking to try out Rakdos Delirium can avoid the real fear of missing out by buying the card now or trading it in at a local store game. While it is Magic: The Gathering The Duskmourn rare gained popularity quickly and is likely to remain in the meta.