Perforating Artist

Creature — Devil

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Raid — At the beginning of your end step, if you attacked this turn, each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	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
Pre-release	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (13)

Czarnian90 on Hellegion, Shadows and Flames (Raphael)

1 week 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.

DemonDragonJ on Is Black Allowed to have …

5 months ago

"Punisher" effects, effects that force a player to choose between multiple equally unpelasant options, have been part of this game for many years, and are usually found in black and red, such as Browbeat, Tyrannize, Choice of Damnations, or Painful Quandary, but Mark Rosewater mentioned in these two posts that red is allowed to have "punisher" effects, but that black is not, a philosophy with which I disagree, because black has always been the color that most focuses on cruelty and malice, and there have been two cards in recent sets, Starseer Mentor and Perforating Artist, that have "punisher" effects, so I am wondering what the general opinion of other players is, on this matter.

What does everyone else say, about this subject? Do you believe that black should have "punisher" effects? I certainly am interested to hear your opinions, on this matter.

Goldberserkerdragon on How Good is Tyrannize?

7 months ago

Still hung on the Perforating Artist, ehh? If you like the artist or question another card, just swap it and see how it feels. Play some mock games. And dont look at the card game in such a way, nothing wrong with playing powerful cards. You may not even play the deck that night with them. And if you do, you might not see said powerful cards. And you might not even resolve it. And if you do, it might be removed. Removal is the perfect balance to not feel bad for playing good or powerful cards. And it's just a card game. No viciousness needed lol. If people get salty that's on them man, people really need to snap out of it. It's cards. Whatever. Lol, so again, just try the swap brother--Cheers!

DemonDragonJ on Flames of Darkness

7 months ago

I have replaced the two copies of Tyrannize in this deck with two additional copies of Perforating Artist, which reduced the mana curve of this deck from 3.38 to 3.25, because I believed that Tyrannize was simply too expensive for its effect.

DemonDragonJ on How Good is Tyrannize?

7 months ago

I have two copies of Tyrannize in my red/black deck, because I like cards that force my opponents to make a sadistic choice, but that card is rather expensive for a one-shot effect, and I also feel that better options have been printed in recent years, such as Perforating Artist, so I am wondering if I should keep Tyrannize in that deck.

What does everyone else say, about this? How good of a card is Tyrannize?

DemonDragonJ on Diabolical Machinations

7 months ago

I have replaced Slave of Bolas with Perforating Artist, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 4.29 to 4.26, since the former card was simply too expensive for its effect and/or did not do enough for its cost.

DemonDragonJ on How Can I Put Perforating …

7 months ago

multimedia, I actually shall replace Slave of Bolas with Perforating Artist, since the former card is a one-shot effect, and it shall still lower that deck's mana curve; and, as for my Tariel deck, True Conviction is one of my favorite cards, and I actually do not believe that I need Perforating Artist in that deck, after all, since it has plenty of ways to make my opponents sacrifice creatures.

DemonDragonJ on Flames of Darkness

7 months ago

I have replaced the two copies of Lightning Reaver in this deck with two copies of Perforating Artist, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 3.50 to 3.38, since the reaver was simply too expensive for too little of an effect.