Treacherous Pit-Dweller

Creature — Demon

When Treacherous Pit-Dweller enters the battlefield from a graveyard, target opponent gains control of it. Undying

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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Gidgetimer on EDH Merens Reanimator

8 months ago

The most compact Hulk line is going to be Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Walking Ballista which requires you to add only Protean Hulk and Walking Ballista both of which are decent outside of the combo. The combo does require a sacrifice outlet, and I was having trouble thinking of how to grab one since the combo already uses all 6 CMC of the tutor and I am most familiar with the combo in Abzan where you get Karmic Guide. Luckily DreadKhan supplied the missing piece, if you add in Activated Sleeper you can tutor the Sleeper and Viscera Seer to provide the sacrifice outlet.

Combo I am describing in case you are not familiar with Mike and Ballista. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed gives non-human creatures +1/+1 and undying, so the Ballista enters as a 1/1 and doesn't die. Sacrifice Walking Ballista and it comes back with a +1/+1 counter. Remove the counter from Ballista and deal 1 damage to an opponent. Repeat loop of sacrificing Ballista and removing counter until all opponents are dead.

You are also already running Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, so you can add in a few low cost undying creatures and get that combo with low opportunity cost. Young Wolf and Butcher Ghoul are the easiest to cast ones since they only have a single colored pip. Treacherous Pit-Dweller, Geralf's Messenger, and Strangleroot Geist are perfectly defensible options too, though the pit dweller is more all-in on having a way to sacrifice for value before the trigger to give an opponent control resolves and as such I think isn't a great fit here.

In general you can also up the power level of the deck by adding tutors. The "good" ones you are not running are Worldly Tutor, Grim Tutor, and Vampiric Tutor.

blueknightethan on Blim, Funny Man.

2 years ago

Out In

Midnight Oil -> Arcane Signet

Goldnight Castigator -> Sol Ring

Pitiless Horde -> Charcoal Diamond

Allure of the Unknown -> Temple of Malice

Treacherous Pit-Dweller -> Fellwar Stone

Immortal Coil -> Blasphemous Act

DevoMelvminster on Everything Mono-Black (Competitive EDH)

3 years ago

Hey man, i notice you don’t have any undying creatures. These are the BEST creatures with Yawgmoth, Thran Physician as hexan just slap them with a -1/-1 counter to reset them.

Butcher Ghoul , Sightless Ghoul , and Treacherous Pit-Dweller are great and could replace some of your other token creators. Or run big daddy Mikaeus, the Unhallowed to give anything undying. Gray Merchant of Asphodel with undying, and yawgmoth reseting it? You just won.

Cards like Blight Mound , and Nest of Scarabs also pop off hard with yawgmoth.

Flooremoji on They Exist to Cease -Suicide Black-

4 years ago

You don't have enough creatures for Aether Vial, it's more of a dead draw than it is a way to cheat on mana. Devour in Shadow is terrible, if you really want a removal spell that makes you lose life Dismember is much better. Vendetta is just as bad as Devour in Shadow, Fatal Push is better. You can add some fetches to make revolt work. Phyrexian Totem is nothing but a homage to an old card which wouldn't be playable now and totem itself is just a worse version of said old card with nothing to ramp into. Sangrophage will kill you before it does anything useful, I know that you want to keep the spirit of sicide black but these 'undercosted beaters' are frankly quite bad. Death's Shadow is your only payoff for losing life, and with no way to find it/get it back none of these cards that make you lose life are acctually giving you an advantage. If you want a competetive deck based around Death's Shadow there are plenty of options. Vampire's Bite dosen't do enough, pumping a creature for three isn't playable unless there is another reason for it (i.e. infect), and with the amount of life this deck is losing lifelink isn't going to save you. Treacherous Pit-Dweller is a two for one in your opponents favor, I can see many games where you play it, it gets killed, and none of your creatures are big enough to attack throgh it so you need to wait until you find a removal spell. Inquisition of Kozilek hits pretty much everything you'll need to hit early game but you don't lose two life, losing life is not an advantage. It should probably be the 4-of over inquisition.

darkmatter32x on Yawgmoth, sexy engineer

4 years ago

I like how you added Treacherous Pit-Dweller you can combo off before the first ability resolve,

Mike94 on A pact with demons

5 years ago

Mark of the Oni seems like a fun addition for your gameplan! Treacherous Pit-Dweller could also be a great budget upgrade for Doomed Dissenter , more demons the better. Have you also heard of the card Blood Speaker ?? He is perfect if you want to win with Liliana's Contract .

If you are looking for some inspiration this is my casual demon deck -> Worshipping Demons

burferking on Moon art cards for Princess …

5 years ago

I'll continue with the ones in the Innistrad block: Corpse Traders Deadeye Navigator Defy Death Angelic Overseer Alpha Brawl Afflicted Deserter  ^Flip // Werewolf Ransacker Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip // Lord of Lineage Harvester of Souls Grave Bramble Ghost Quarter Fiend of the Shadows Doomed Traveler Helvault Hinterland Hermit  ^Flip // Hinterland Scourge Hunger of the Howlpack Hysterical Blindness Immerwolf Kruin Outlaw  ^Flip // Terror of Kruin Pass Lunar Mystic Marrow Bats Midnight Duelist Misthollow Griffin Morkrut Banshee Paraselene Purify the Grave Rally the Peasants Tormented Pariah  ^Flip// Rampaging Werewolf Screeching Bat  ^Flip// Stalking Vampire Silverclaw Griffin Smite the Monstrous Sorin, Lord of Innistrad Traitorous Blood Treacherous Pit-Dweller Wakedancer Zealous Strike

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eatmygender on Rakdos Contract Modern

5 years ago

Fatal Push and Tragic Slip really can't compare in the current meta, since most if not all creatures in Modern right now (Even the 1 Drops) are at the very least 1/2s, so it would require more setup to make it worth playing ( Tragic Slip is absolutely sweet in Pauper right now though). Also, maybe you could make this a sort of Mono-Black Demon stompy list? Ammit Eternal is a great threat (at least once Pheonix gets banned or severely nerfed), and Treacherous Pit-Dweller might be interesting. Kinda sad that Vexing Devil isn't a full-on Demon. Anyways, these are just some small suggestions, I wish you the best of luck in surviving Modern's toxic meta!