is rakdos the defiler mld?

i have had people tell me that he is mld even though he does not target lands, looking at https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/introducing-commander-brackets-beta it seems that it isn't because its only effecting 1 player as it says "several players", or would this count as it may stay on for multiple turns?

[[Rakdos the Defiler]]