Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

Deathtouch

Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.

Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

Veethevvitch on Balaam__

5 months ago

Thank you for the upvote on my Sheoldred, the Apocalypse deck ! :)

PinnedPhoenix on Plarggin' ;* [Optimized Stax Deck Tech]

6 months ago

Rhadamanthus - Ugh, I wish. I love Urabrask, he's my favorite Praetor, maybe my favorite character in MTG lore. But {3}{R}{R} is a lot of mana in a mana denial build, and I can't justify them.

With Urabrask the Hidden I'm fine with it, that card's old and the power creep is to be expected. Urabrask, Heretic Praetor just makes me mad. When I think about how hard they pushed Sheoldred, the Apocalypse that same year--a 5/4 with a game-winning effect for a mana less--I actually get a little hot about it. They should've printed that Urabrask for {2}{R}. Then it'd be a great card and I'd be running it rn instead of whining about it

capwner on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

8 months ago

Phyrexian Arena and Greed are classic {B} card draw, Insatiable Avarice is decent and I am a big fan of Increasing Ambition though it is a little slower. Peer into the Abyss also slower but basically ad naus #2...these effects are typically paired with a lot of fast mana like Chrome MoxGC Lotus Petal Mox Opal etc. which are cheap and explosive after casting Ad NauseamGC <-- this card usually takes some build around. IDK if that's better here vs. Skullclamp which provides repeatable card draw for cheap. If you have a lot of life loss effects, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is a good hedge which fits your beatdown strat and hates on opposing card draw. Maybe also Phyrexian Altar and Ashnod's Altar to juice those rat tokens.

Cloudy2024 on Locthwain Nightmares

11 months ago

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is effective but expensive

NV_1980 on Nekusar the mindrazer

1 year ago

Looks pretty good. I'd really recommend adding Library of Leng. Allows you to discard to the top of your library, while opponents have to discard to their graveyard, which gives you a substantial advantage. And I know she's expensive, but Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is absolutely brutal in a Nekusar deck.

Cloudy2024 on Capitalism

1 year ago

maybe splash black to run Sheoldred, the Apocalypse or Orcish Bowmasters.

Bookrook on Why Does High Fae Trickster …

1 year ago

To continue with wallisfaces point, even weaker formats like standard or pioneer have no use for the card. Every time you draw it, instead wonder if you would rather of drawn a Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. 99% of the time you’d rather take the sheoldred.

TheoryCrafter on "Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls" EDH …

1 year ago

Welcome Back to Magic. I broke my description down to the three deck types yer seeking.

Aristocrats: Take advantage of death triggers to hurt your opponent. Examples of cards are Blood Artist, Dreadhorde Butcher and Zulaport Cutthroat. Graveyard recursion cards like Disentomb, Gravedigger, Mortuary Mire and Valgavoth's Faithful should be considered.

Burn: Spells, instants and sorceries, and abilities of permanents that deal noncombat damage. Examples include, but are not limited to, Blightning, Bonfire of the Damned and Lightning Bolt. Cards you should add to any Rakdos burn deck include, but are not limited to, Pestilent Spirit, Soul-Scar Mage and Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip.

Punisher: A Sophie's Choice in every spell. Examples include, but are not limited to, Book Burning, Dash Hopes, Killing Wave, Painful Quandary and Vexing Devil. I would also consider any creature with the Afflict ability, especially Wildfire Eternal to be punisher cards.

As for cards that will feed into your commander's static ability, I would recommend Burning Anger, Psychosis Crawler, Scrawling Crawler and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse.

Thank you for reading me out. I hope this helps give you a baseline of what you're looking for. Happy Hunting!