Master of Cruelties

Creature — Demon

First strike, deathtouch

This can only attack alone.

Whenever this attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.

Combos

• Alesha, Who Smiles at Death + Master of Cruelties

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (45)

SaberTech on I’d like help building a …

1 month ago

If you are looking to slow down opponents with a bunch of discard/hate bear/taxing effects then a commander you could consider is Alesha, Who Smiles at Death.

There are a lot of 1/1 creatures that make all of your opponents discard a card, and a lot of the hate-bear cards are in the 2 or less power range. Alesha giving you a way to keep bringing them back after they die or you sac them could be a useful effect in the command zone. Cards like Dauntless Dismantler, Inspired Insurgent, or Hammer Mage might help with destroying artifacts. Lurrus of the Dream-Den and Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle in the 99 could work as backup for your commander. Requiem Monolith gives you a card draw engine that can also kill your weaker ETB creatures so that Alesha can bring them back.

Goblin Sharpshooter + a way to give it deathtouch like Basilisk Collar, Onyx Mage, or Vault of the Archangel lets you repeatedly clear creatures from your opponents' boards.

Alesha's signature trick is to attack an opponents who has lost their creatures and bring back Master of Cruelties onto the board tapped and attacking (getting around the restriction of it attacking alone). The opponent won't be able to block the MoC, so their life total becomes 1, and then Alesha finishes them off. Cards like Break Through the Line can help creatures like MoC push some damage through.

There are a variety of combos that you could run as a finisher. If you don't care for combos, then cards like Cathars' Crusade and Serra Redeemer can help to make your creatures more dangerous threats. If you end up running a lot of discard and forced sac effects like Accursed Marauder then you could potentially run Tergrid, God of FrightGC  ^Flip as one of your game changers to steal your opponents' stuff and win with that.

Flarhoon13 on Blim's Blumpkins

1 year ago

Blim lost again, at least its sixth loss in a row, this time to Jesse's Will Kenrith and Rowan Kenrith. I had a Hail Mary top deck off Immortal Coil pay off: Disrupt Decorum. I attacked and gave the coil to Francois, who had put us all to 1 with Master of Cruelties. Anyway, he chose to boardwipe with Toxic Deluge rather than killing anyone else or even attacking Jesse's planeswalkers, which handily killed us with a Rowan Kenrith ultimate and Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might  ^Flip out and finding a Flame Fusillade for the kill shot.

ThassaUpYo@ssa on Angry Birds

1 year ago

ToastedBagl

+1 for the laugh!

It's a "flying creatures with attitude" tribal (minus Master of Cruelties and the handful of humans that add to the synergy).

lazarusdraigon on

1 year ago

Rune-Scarred Demon, Isshin, Two Heavens as One, Sol Ring & Master of Cruelties

Fux2209 on B/R Deathtouch Destruction

1 year ago

Hello Niko9

Thanks for your tips and Upvote

Yes it's realy funny playing with it

Yeah, deathtouch + first strike is such a powerfull combo

Master of Cruelties for example is just an awesome card

But I like this deck working without first strike, it gives me room for other cool cards... In combination with first strike I would have to built it complete different

I already built a DeathTouch deck, but it isn't finisht yet... I just need to improve it more, before I get it online here

Rhadamanthus on Master of Cruelties and interactions

1 year ago

Yes, it still triggers. The declare blockers step of combat only gets skipped if there were no creatures declared as attackers or put onto the battlefield attacking. Otherwise, it always happens, even if it is impossible for any blockers to be declared. If Master of Cruelties is attacking then there will definitely be a declare blockers step and its last ability will trigger if it doesn't get blocked.

xcontla on Master of Cruelties and interactions

1 year ago

I have some questions with this card in some specific times.

I understand that the ability triggers in the declare blockers step.

1. If Master of Cruelties gains skulk, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").
2. If I equipped some artifact that made Master of Cruelties unblockable, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").
3. If the opponent doesn't have creatures in the battlefield, Does his ability still trigger? ("... opponent life becomes 1").

Thank you.

Profet93 on Tri-bal

1 year ago

Oops, not sure how I missed that. Couple of questions...

1. How often do you get a chance to meld them together?
2. How often does your creature get removed in response to equipping gift of immortality?
3. Budget? I ask because Demonic Tutor/Grim Tutor > Diabolic, mostly due to your curve.

Master of Cruelties > Ironas - Given all your creatures have flying, how often do you run into fliers stopping them? Master is deadly.

Sneak Attack > Quick amulet - maybe