Zariel, Archduke of Avernus

Legendary Planeswalker — Zariel

+1: Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.

0: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this dies (is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, tokens are put into the graveyard before they cease to exist), this deals 1 damage to target creature, player or planeswalker."

-6: You get an emblem with "At the end of the first combat phase on your turn, untap target creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Tokens

• Emblem Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
• Devil 1/1 R

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Brawl	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (13)

Kcin on zariel archduke of avernus and …

1 year ago

Will Zariel, Archduke of Avernus's emblem double the amount of red mana from Neheb, the Eternal?

Gleeock on Kardur Fight Club

1 year ago

Haha, yeah! My daughter was distracting me, so I ended up reviewing your "maybeboard". Well then... Zariel, Archduke of Avernus is a whole lotta fun & easy to ult in Kardur... please tell me that I'm not looking at the wrong list again? :)

Worrad75 on Attack-harmonicon

1 year ago

Anger is a fantastic idea! I'll have to think hard about removing Shiny Impetus, as goad is one of my favorite mechanics and it fits both the theme and the mechanics of the deck well. I'll have to make a cut somewhere though, as you are correct, haste is an absolute must in this deck. My inclination points to Rose Room Treasurer, as it's a 4 mana do nothing the first turn its out and slowly recoups that value provided you have creatures entering and mana to blow on removal, which makes its floor-to-ceiling ratio pretty ludicrous (roughly in line with the risk/reward of having Anger in the list).

Duke Ulder Ravengard is definetely in there to high-roll on Winota triggers, and I like that if I play him for 6 he at least does something that turn. That being said, Zariel, Archduke of Avernus is some GAS. I think this is an easy swap, although I wanna play at least 1 game where I get Duke out to see how he feels before I switch him out of the list.

Gleeock on Attack-harmonicon

1 year ago

Duke Ulder Ravengard is fun.. He doesn't help your mana cost average any though. I've done good agro work with Zariel, Archduke of Avernus for hasty, pingy, easy ulty fun. Too bad you can cast Extus, Oriq Overlord  ^Flip's flip side multiple times.

Niko9 on Will there Ever Be Female …

1 year ago

I'm not sure if it counts, but maybe Zariel, Archduke of Avernus or Fallen Angel are somewhere near female demons.

Pheardemons on Mishra's Relentless Horde

1 year ago

Gleeock - First off, thanks for the upvote and comment! Secondly, I am already playing Zariel, Archduke of Avernus. I agree completely that she is completely on them. Thieving Amalgam is a thought. It is mana intensive but stealing cards from my opponents while giving me fodder to attack with is solid. Necrotic Hex is a thing. I'll put that aside for when I playtest. Thank you!

Gleeock on Mishra's Relentless Horde

1 year ago

Necrotic Hex can do surprising work. Zariel, Archduke of Avernus has been effective for me & matches alot of your goals for this deck. Thieving Amalgam does some work (& it's an ape-snake). Alot of these options are not very mana-value friendly, so that will probably be the challenge for you going forward.

Gleeock on Raphael, Fiendish Savior Demons [2022]

1 year ago

Love it! Descent into Avernus seems pretty good. Probably any group slug since you have pseudo built in lifegain. Also Fiendish Duo. Zariel, Archduke of Avernus