Vilis, Broker of Blood is like a balanced version of Griselbrand in the sense that you need to pay mana to lose life and draw cards, and it doesn’t have lifelink to make up for the loss of life. Other creatures get -1/-1 whenever you cycle or discard a card, so decks that have lots of looting, cycling, or even discard should play this demon. Archfiend of IfnirĪrchfiend of Ifnir is a good crowd control card. Demon of Dark Schemes is fine card to add to black decks in general. You can even reanimate some targets with enough energy coming from dying creatures. Demon of Dark SchemesĪnother card that messes with go-wide strategies while also being a good body. The ability implies that you want to generate lots of mana to play expensive cards and deal tons of damage to your opponents or their creatures. Add to that Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos comes with a red ability to boot, which means that it can be used as a Rakdos commander. Hidetsugu, Devouring ChaosĪ 4/4 for four that’s also a sacrifice outlet is a fine start. Good to mess with tokens and go-wide strategies. Kagemaro, First to Suffer is a beefy creature in a deck heavy on card draw, on top of being a walking wrath effect. You’ll draw your entire deck if all your cards cost four or more. Demonlord Belzenlokĭemonlord Belzenlok is a source of card advantage, but more importantly it can be an infinite combo in the right deck. And watch out for the life loss clause because that can land you in some trouble if you aren’t careful. It’s a stronger card and the ability applies to all permanent types, but unfortunately doesn’t apply to your own. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder takes Harvester of Souls’ ability and dials it up to 11. Reaper from the Abyssĭestroying a creature at each end step is busted (not only on your turn, mind you), and Reaper from the Abyss will kill lots of targets in removal-heavy or sacrifice-heavy decks. It has the potential to enable some graveyard-based strategies in EDH, though. Doom WhispererĪ 6/6 flying trample for just five mana is somewhat pushed, but unfortunately Doom Whisperer doesn’t provide any intrinsic card advantage. Making at least two flying tokens is already interesting, but it can be an army in a can in a dedicated devotion deck. Abhorrent OverlordĪbhorrent Overlord never saw much Standard play, but it really shines in Commander. But since the other card goes to the graveyard you might be able to turn it into a win-win scenario if you’re playing a reanimator deck or something similar. The problem is that you only get the worst option of two cards. Tutoring a card is already a powerful ability, and a tutoring ability attached to a relevant 6/6 flying body is even better. Just keep in mind that it only works for nontoken creatures. Harvester of Souls‘s ability can draw you a lot of cards, especially if someone at the table is playing a sacrifice strategy. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled can also grow to a reasonable size later in the game. This version of Ob Nixilis hates on tutors and fetch lands. Mindwrack Demon saw play in Standard for its stats and its self-mill component, which helped enable graveyard strategies. This also works when copying creatures with powerful ETB effects. It’s versatile, has decent stats, and it’s an enchantment creature if your deck cares about that. Nightmare Shepherd saw some Standard play in its format. This is a good way to raise your demon count if you’re playing demon tribal. Blade of the Oni can turn small creatures (usually fodder) or tokens into a relevant threat. Blade of the Oniįour mana to turn any creature into a 5/5 menace demon is interesting. Shadowborn Demon‘s sacrifice clause can even be an upside if your deck needs more sacrifice outlets. Shadowborn DemonĪ 5/6 flier for five mana that immediately removes a piece of your opponent’s board isn’t the worst. Finding sacrifice fodder is pretty easy between cards like Stitcher’s Supplier and Undead Butler. Demon of Catastrophesĭemon of Catastrophes is like Abyssal Persecutor, but with an arguably better downside. The idea is to bring your opponent’s life below zero and then find a way to remove Abyssal Persecutor to win. Abyssal PersecutorĪ 6/6 flying trample for four is way above rate, so this demon has a downside: you can’t win the game while Abyssal Persecutor is in play. They often cost more than just mana, so expect to pay a toll in the form of life points, cards from your library, or permanents you have in play if you’re playing with demons. Rakdos ( ) is the most common demon color pair.ĭemons typically have high mana costs but offer a lot of power in return. There are over 140 demon creatures printed, and they’re usually mono black. Razaketh, the Foulblooded | Illustration by Chris Rallisĭemons are a creature type in MTG. Westvale Abbey / Ormendahl, Profane Prince
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