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| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Archenemy | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander / EDH | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Freeform | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planar Constructed | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Archfiend of Spite
Creature — Demon
Flying
Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to Archfiend of Spite, that source's controller loses that much life unless they sacrifice that many permanents.
Madness (If you discard this card, you may cast it for its madness cost instead of putting it into the graveyard.)
trippy_mcfly on
Cumly Cube
5 days ago
Introducing Cumly Cube 1.4! Two months ago, Cumly Cube was updated to Cumly Cube 1.3, which was touted as balanced and without any notable flaws. There is no more insidious poison than hubris! Many cards remained that were too strong, or close to unplayable. Many archetypes existed in the cube but had too little support to ever be worth drafting. Many cards failed to fit the ethos of Cumly Cube. With 89 more cuts and adds, I am now pleased to announce that, this time, Cumly Cube has reached a final form! Perhaps a few cards are still too strong, too weak, or out of place, but the vast majority of the draft pool is now in an acceptable state. Any further changes to Cumly Cube 1 will exist as minor updates, swapping out only a few cards at a time. This means that there will never be a Cumly Cube 1.5, only 1.4.1, 1.4.2, etc.
Here are the changes, provided with brief justifications:
REMOVED:
ARTIFACT
- Basilisk Collar: equipment is not part of Cumly Cube 1
- Hedron Archive
: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
- Mox Diamond: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
- Mox Opal: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
- Mox Tantalite: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
- Sensei's Divining Top:cut to weaken the artifact archetype
CREATURE
- Academy Manufactor: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
- Archfiend of Spite: madness is not part of Cumly Cube 1
- Arsenal Thresher: too weak
- Augmenting Automaton: too weak
- Autonomous Assembler: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
- Baleful Force: too weak
- Battleground Geist: cut for a better Spirit card
- Belligerent Hatchling: too weak
- Bloodpyre Elemental: too generic of a red card
- Bloom Hulk: there are better proliferate engines available in Cumly Cube
- Copperhorn Scout: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
- Crosis, the Purger: too annoying to play against
- Deathrite Shaman: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
- Deus of Calamity: too weak
- Dutiful Replicator: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
- Dwynen's Elite: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
- Emperor's Vanguard: cut to weaken green
- Farhaven Elf: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
- Fear of Exposure: cut to weaken green
- Fertilid: cut to weaken green
- Galazeth Prismari: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
- Geyserfield Stalker: too weak
- Greater Gargadon: suspend is not part of Cumly Cube 1
- Hallowed Priest: cut for an identical card to support the Cat creature type
- Heedless One: cut for a similar card to better support the Elf creature type
- Hematite Golem: too weak
- Hunted Horror: too weak
- Impetuous Devils: too generic of a red card
- Jeskai Student: too weak
- Junktroller: too weak
- Lashweed Lurker: emerge is not part of Cumly Cube 1
- Llanowar Visionary: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
- Lodestone Golem: we have seen enough of this card in other formats
- Lunar Avenger: too weak
- Maze Behemoth: cut to weaken green
- Mishra's Self-Replicator: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
- Morselhoarder: too weak
- Night Incarnate: too generic of a black card
- Omnath, Locus of the Roil: cut to weaken the Elemental creature type
- Phantom Nishoba: too weak
- Quirion Ranger: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
- Scalding Devil: cut to make room for more interesting Devil creatures
- Self-Assembler: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
- Seton, Krosan Protector: cut to weaken green
- Soul of Zendikar: cut to weaken green
- Teferi's Sentinel: too weak
- Thought Monitor: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell: too generic of a red card
- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre: cut to make room for more balanced Eldrazi creatures
- Walking Ballista: cut to remove an infinite combo payoff accessible from the Cumly Zone
ENCHANTMENT
- Aura Shards: too powerful
- Blood Moon: we have seen enough of this card in other formats
- Impending Disaster: too weak
- In Bolas's Clutches: cut for a similar but more expensive version of this effect
- Night Soil: cut due to the presence of two other very similar cards
- Revel in Riches: too powerful
- Urban Utopia: cut to weaken green
LAND
- Ancient Tomb: too powerful
- Flagstones of Trokair: too weak
- Mishra's Workshop: too powerful
- Urza's Saga: too powerful
INSTANT
- Accelerate: too generic of a red card
- Bedevil: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Fading Hope: too generic of a blue card
- Fissure: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Fracture: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Frazzle: too generic of a blue card
- Inside Out: too weak
- Lens Flare: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Schismotivate: too weak
- Seize the Initiative: too weak
- Volt Charge: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
PLANESWALKER
- Karn Liberated: too generic and powerful of a draft pick
- Nissa of Shadowed Boughs: animating lands is not part of Cumly Cube 1
SORCERY
- Broken Bond: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Chain Reaction: too generic of a red card
- False Dawn: too weak
- Grim Tutor: too powerful
- Ice Storm: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Lava Flow: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Sinkhole: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
- Tezzeret's Gambit: too powerful
- Wildfire: too generic of a red card
ADDED:
ARTIFACT
- Banner of Kinship: encourages building around creature types
- Conduit of Worlds: supports graveyard synergies
- Pillar of Origins: encourages building around creature types
CREATURE
- Aetherjacket: supports the Thopter creature type
- Ajani's Pridemate: replaces Hallowed Priest to support the Cat creature type and lifegain synergies
- Akroan Conscriptor: supports spellslinger synergies
- Alibou, Ancient Witness: supports the Golem creature type and other artifact decks
- Ancient Cellarspawn: supports the Demon, Horror, and Nightmare creature types
- Angelic Aberration: supports the Angel and Eldrazi creature types
- Axgard Artisan: supports the Dwarf creature type
- Bloodwater Entity: supports spellslinger synergies
- Brass Herald: supports the Golem creature type and encourages building around creature types
- Campus Guide: supports the Golem creature type
- Chief of the Foundry: supports the Construct creature type and other artifact decks
- Chrome Courier: supports the Thopter creature type
- Cursed Wombat: supports the Nightmare creature type and +1/+1 counter decks
- Darksteel Colossus: supports the Golem creature type
- Duergar Hedge-Mage: supports the Dwarf creature type
- Eidolon of Blossoms: supports the enchantment archetype
- Endbringer: supports the Eldrazi creature type
- Essence Depleter: supports the Eldrazi creature type
- Gimli, Mournful Avenger: supports the Dwarf creature type
- Gishath, Sun's Avatar: supports the Dinosaur creature type
- Herald of Slaanesh: supports the Demon creature type
- Hunting Velociraptor: supports the Dinosaur creature type
- Immaculate Magistrate: replaces Heedless One to support the Elf creature type
- It That Heralds the End: supports the Eldrazi creature type
- Kozilek's Channeler: supports the Eldrazi creature type
- Mayhem Devil: supports the Devil creature type
- Patrician Geist: replaces Battleground Geist to support the Spirit creature type
- Petravark: supports the Beast creature type
- Pillardrop Warden: supports the Dwarf and Spirit creature types
- Precursor Golem: supports the Golem creature type
- Prosperous Pirates: supports the Pirate creature type
- Quandrix Pledgemage: supports the Merfolk creature type and spellslinger synergies
- Roaming Throne: supports the Golem creature type and encourages building around creature types
- Rootwater Hunter: supports the Merfolk creature type
- Shambling Suit: supports the Construct creature type and other artifact decks as well as enchantment decks
- Shantotto, Tactician Magician: supports the Dwarf creature type and spellslinger synergies
- Smokebraider: supports the Elemental creature type
- Solarion: supports the Construct creature type
- Species Specialist: encourages building around creature types
- Squealing Devil: supports the Devil creature type
- Tayam, Luminous Enigma: supports the Beast and Nightmare creature types
- The Balrog of Moria: supports the Demon creature type
- The Lady of Otaria: supports the Dwarf creature type
- Three Tree Mascot: adds mana fixing and encourages building around creature types
- Titans' Vanguard: supports the Eldrazi creature type
- Torch Fiend: supports the Devil creature type
- Ulamog's Dreadsire: supports the Eldrazi creature type
- Vengeful Devil: supports the Devil creature type
- Venomcrawler: supports the Demon creature type
- Wavecrash Triton: supports the Merfolk creature type and spellslinger synergies
- Zara, Renegade Recruiter: supports the Pirate creature type
ENCHANTMENT
- Destructive Flow: offers a land destruction engine that can provide a large advantage in some decks
- Efficient Construction: supports the Thopter creature type
- Keldon Twilight: offers a creature destruction engine for aggressive decks
- Lay Claim: replaces In Bolas's Clutches as a more expensive control spell
- Might Makes Right: encourages large creatures and can be used in conjunction with sacrifice synergies as a creature destruction engine
- Porphyry Nodes: offers a creature destruction engine for slower decks
- Retreat to Kazandu: supports landfall synergies
- Shivan Harvest: offers a land destruction engine and supports sacrifice synergies
- Sunken Hope: offers a creature bounce engine for slower decks
- Whirlwind of Thought: supports spellslinger synergies
LAND
- Foundry of the Consuls: supports the Thopter creature type
INSTANT
- Atarka's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Aura Mutation: quite similar to Artifact Mutation
- Brokers Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Cabaretti Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Dromoka's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Kolaghan's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Lorehold Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Maestros Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Maestros Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Obscura Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Obscura Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Ojutai's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Pulse of the Fields: supports lifegain synergies
- Quandrix Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Riveteers Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Silumgar's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Silverquill Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
- Siren's Ruse: supports the Pirate creature type and blink synergies
PLANESWALKER
- Saheeli, Filigree Master: supports the Thopter creature type
- Vraska, Golgari Queen: supports sacrifice synergies
SORCERY
- Renegade Tactics: replaces Accelerate as a less typical red card
- Roar of the Crowd: encourages building around creature types
- Temporary Insanity: stealing creatures is a small but important part of Cumly Cube
- Witherbloom Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
Czarnian90 on
Hellegion, Shadows and Flames (Raphael)
2 months ago
After several more battles, things have begun to shift within the Hellegion. While the Balrog couldn’t even be bothered to wake, another giant is slowly taking the stage. Rakdos’s power and strength are rising, and so is his influence within the Hellegion. It’s becoming very likely that he’ll soon demand the position of commander.
Several black demons have stepped back, leaving Hellegion in search of their own designs. Who knows if they’ll return or reappear in another deck. I’ve heard whispers about Liliana — she would probably welcome some of them.
Feaster of Fools, Goremand, Arbiter of Woe, Dreadhound, Archfiend of Spite, and Embodiment of Agonies have departed. Perforating Artist no longer amuses Rakdos with his petty tricks, and the skeletons have turned to dust.
Rakdos’s growing presence is felt in cards like Rakdos, the Showstopper and Rakdos Joins Up. Juri, Master of the Revue joins to us, and there's now more spotlight for Judith through Judith, Carnage Connoisseur.
Belzenlok’s influence deepens with Rite of Belzenlok, and someone powerful has joined the Hellegion — Ardyn, the Usurper. Though his price is high and he leans heavily into black, I decided to accept his services.
But other beings circle the fire, waiting for their moment.
As Rakdos’s power swells, cards like Rakdos, Patron of Chaos and the guild’s signature mana rocks — Rakdos Cluestone, Rakdos Keyrune, Rakdos Locket — are seeing more attention to support the shift toward a stronger Rakdos color identity.
Infernal Grasp is another devilish trick straight from the pit.
The paths ahead are unclear. Dark beings still linger at the edge, ready to offer their power to the Hellegion — for a price: Skirsdag High Priest, Doom Whisperer, Overseer of the Damned, Spawn of Mayhem, and others...
I also cracked a Mount Doom recently and added it to the deck. I think it fits quite well here.
Headers13 on
Die By Sacrificing
1 year ago
trippy_mcfly on
Cumly Cube
3 years ago
Introducing Cumly Cube 1.1! 6 months ago, Cumly Cube was launched to resounding approval. However, in response to feedback from fans, several cards in the pool were deemed unplayable, uninteresting, or overpowered. For Cumly Cube's six month anniversary, I have chosen to update the card pool. Here are the changes, provided with brief justifications:
REMOVED:
- Abomination: too weak in power level
- Anger of the Gods: while board wipes are an essential part of the game, this card is too simple in effect in comparison to other red board wipes in the card pool
- Birthing Pod: synergizes poorly with the rest of the card pool
- Black Dragon: too weak in power level
- Black Lotus: this card and other "power 9" cards have been removed from the pool to allow players to play with less well known cards
- Bloodcurdling Scream: too weak in power level
- Cavalier of Night: too on-theme for a black card
- Cinderclasm: while board wipes are an essential part of the game, this card is too simple in effect in comparison to other red board wipes in the card pool
- Dack Fayden: too powerful
- District Guide: synergizes poorly with the rest of the card pool
- Dockside Extortionist: too strong in multiplayer games considering the dominance of the "treasure matters" archetype in this card pool
- Dread Reaper: too weak in power level
- Edric, Spymaster of Trest: too powerful
- Eviscerator: too weak in power level
- Grim Strider: too weak in power level
- Hypnox: too weak in power level
- Jungle Creeper: too weak in power level
- Mind Bomb: too weak in power level
- Mox Emerald: this card and other "power 9" cards have been removed from the pool to allow players to play with less well known cards
- Mox Jet: this card and other "power 9" cards have been removed from the pool to allow players to play with less well known cards
- Mox Pearl: this card and other "power 9" cards have been removed from the pool to allow players to play with less well known cards
- Mox Ruby: this card and other "power 9" cards have been removed from the pool to allow players to play with less well known cards
- Mox Sapphire: this card and other "power 9" cards have been removed from the pool to allow players to play with less well known cards
- Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver
: too weak in power level - Nix: too weak in power level
- Obelisk of Alara: too weak in power level
- Patagia Golem: too weak in power level
- Phantasmagorian: too weak in power level
- Prismite: too weak in power level
- Rootcoil Creeper: synergizes poorly with the rest of the card pool
- Shattering Blow: too strong of an answer to the artifact archetype
- Shatterskull Smashing Flip: MDFCs are interesting cards, but it does not make sense to have only one in the card pool
- Smelt: too strong of an answer to the artifact archetype
- Smog Elemental: too weak in power level
- Spirit of the Night: too weak in power level
- Storm Spirit: too weak in power level
- Tibalt's Trickery: introduces too much variance for an enjoyable experience
- Unholy Strength: too weak in power level
- Vampiric Link: too on-theme for a black card
- Wooded Bastion: this was included on error instead of its Golgari counterpart
ADDED:
- Alpha Authority: an interesting enchantment that should help protect large creatures
- Archfiend of Spite: a strong value play or reanimation target for black, which was deemed the lowest in power level upon initial testing
- Blade Splicer: works well with the artifact and golem archetypes, plus is a human for tribal matters cards
- Chillbringer: works well with the blue aggro archetype, plus is an elemental for tribal matters cards
- Comet Storm: an interesting damage spell that will be replacing more typical red board wipes
- Crippling Chill: works well with the disruptive blue plan
- Darksteel Forge: a strong payoff for the artifact archetype
- Diabolic Tutor: a solid addition to black
- Distant Melody: a strong value play for tribal decks
- Door of Destinies: another tribal matters card
- Dread Presence: a solid addition to black
- Flashfreeze: a conditional counter spell
- Funeral Rites: a solid addition to black
- Golem Foundry: works well with the artifact and golem archetypes
- Gyruda, Doom of Depths: companions are now part of the card pool! This one fits well with the reanimation archetype
- Icehide Golem: works well with the artifact and golem archetypes
- Illuminated Folio: an artifact draw engine, common in this card pool
- In Bolas's Clutches: a strong and fun card
- Infernal Contract: a solid addition to black
- Jegantha, the Wellspring: this companion is an elemental for tribal matters cards
- Keruga, the Macrosage: this companion is an incentive to play with some of the clunkier but more fun cards in the cube
- Kokusho, the Evening Star: a solid addition to black and a dragon for tribal matters cards
- Lifecrafter's Bestiary: a strong draw engine for green creature decks, an archetype not well supported in this card pool
- Loyal Retainers: works well with the reanimate archetype, plus is a human for tribal matters cards
- Mindleech Mass: a strong reanimation target and payoff for black decks, plus is a horror for tribal matters cards
- Moldervine Reclamation: a strong draw engine and another enabler for lifegain decks
- Monastery Mentor: a strong payoff for prowess decks, an archetype not well supported in this card pool
- Morophon, the Boundless: another tribal matters card
- Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh: a strong card used to bolster Grixis in the card pool
- Pact of the Serpent: a strong value play for tribal decks
- Retrofitter Foundry: works well with the artifact archetype
- Skeletal Wurm: a strong reanimation target and payoff for black decks
- Sludge Monster: a good creature that works very well with Toxrill, the Corrosive, plus is a horror for tribal matters cards
- Sorin's Vengeance: a payoff for black that may add diversity to deck archtypes
- Soul Foundry: yet another artifact engine that is a major part of this card pool
- Storm the Vault Flip: this card was meant to be included in the pool originally for the "treasure matters archetype"
- Teferi, Timebender: another Teferi planeswalker, included mainly to justify the continued inclusion of Teferi's Sentinel
- Time Elemental: a soft lock with Stasis and also a good interactive card for blue decks
- Torgaar, Famine Incarnate: a strong reanimation target and payoff for black decks
- Twilight Mire: this card was meant to be included in the pool originally and is good fixing for Golgari, a color combination encouraged in this pool
- Worldfire: a very wacky card that is the epitome of Cumly Cube
griffstick on
Liliana, Destroyer of Friendships (v5)
3 years ago
I think Archfiend of Spite is an awful card from my experience. I'd cut that for Massacre Wurm
Shriekmaw too because it's narrow on what it can kill. Cut it
AgileFlame on
Kaalia Cheeky Breeky
4 years ago
Primary Recommendations: Doom Whisperer - Angel of Deliverance - Archfiend of Spite - Chancellor of the Annex - Demon of Loathing - Overseer of the Damned - Skyline Despot - Terror of Mount Velus - Sower of Discord -
Secondary Recommendations: Backdraft Hellkite - Demon of Wailing Agonies - Angel of the Ruins - Emeria Shepherd - Exquisite Archangel - Herald of Anguish - Resolute Archangel - Thunder Dragon - Tyrant's Familiar - Adarkar Valkyrie - Angelic Guardian - Angelic Skirmisher - Burning-Rune Demon - Goremand - Mordant Dragon - Rakshasa Debaser - Sower of Discord - Subjugator Angel - Valkyrie Harbinger - Anya, Merciless Angel -
RatzvdP on
My Shadowborn Apostle Deck
4 years ago
Hey, I was also going to build one of these. The idea with Bloodbond March is killer! Might come in handy to get the apostles back. Even though I like Immortal Servitude better since it spares you the second color. My idea is to activate Shadowborn Apostle's ability during an opponents' turn and flash Dictate of Erebos. That will most definitely wipe the field for the first demon: Archfiend of Spite. In (your) next turn cast Immortal Servitude, sacrifice the apostles again and get another Archfiend of Spite. The First demon will be ready to attack an unprotected player. If it deals 6 damage the total damage of the turn should be 24! 6 from the first demon's combat damage plus 6 from his triggered ability plus another 12 from the second demon's triggered ability. Am I getting that right? I'm only playing for the joy of the game, not for competition, so I'm not really reliable when it comes to rules ;-)
Nokik on
MonoBlack Demon Aristocrats
4 years ago
Hi! Thank you for creating this deck, i was looking for some cool demon deck, but only what i found were just decks filled with some expensive demons. However this deck has interesting engine in it that can cheat out demons or bring them back again from graveyard, and i love it! I'm playing it often, and still enjoying it. I made some personal changes, because not every card was available to me or i just wanted different demons there. :)
From sorcery i just cut out Duress, because i didn't need it, and it created space for more demons. :)
So for creatures: i kept all small dudes spawning small creatures - basically your nice cheating engine is kept untouched. However i made changes to some demons. Here is my list of demons:
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one more Abhorrent Overlord because this card is fantastic in this deck as it spawns small creatures to sacrifice or chump block. So overall i have 2 of them in deck.
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i kept Eater of Hope
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i kept Kothophed, Soul Hoarder
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i added 2x Overseer of the Damned because it creates more small creatures and can destroy enemy threat each time u pull him out.
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added 2x Archfiend of Spite cuz he can be awesome blocker and also you can cheat him from hand as a surprise for its madness cost when you discard him with Call the Bloodline
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added 1x Harvester of Souls as another card draw engine, and potential blocker for enormous creatures.
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added 1x Lord of the Void cuz he is just so damn strong and people freak out when i pull him on board. :D
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as an experiment i added 1x Desecration Demon but eventually i decided to remove him because if opponent have a lot of creatures, sacrificing one of them is not good enough for you and you have nor attacker or blocker. I put there 1x Griselbrand instead, because this deck lacks lifegain a little bit. I wish i could put there Westvale Abbey Flip to get Ormendahl, Profane Prince but this card is unavailable for me.
Having Liliana's Contract as an alternate win condition is great, because some decks like to get tons of life, so with that you can surpass it.
Overall this deck performed very well for me, it is also good against mill, because if he mills your demons into your graveyard, you just need to pull them on board, you don't want to draw them anyways. :D