Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Legendary Creature — Demon Rogue

Deathtouch

Boast — {1}{B}: Target player searches their library for a card, then shuffles their library and puts that card on top of it. (Activate this ability only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

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
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

TheVectornaut on Fast Demons

2 weeks ago

I'm not sure what format this is intended for so I'm sorry if any of my suggestions aren't legal. Most decks aiming for big demons opt for reanimation over other turbo out options, but I think you can make it work for a casual deck. I like Quicksilver Amulet for instance and I think you could also consider Heartless Summoning, Ancient Cellarspawn, or Crypt Ghast. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx makes Coffers slightly worse but I can't imagine it being a bad inclusion with so many black pips. Another option would be to include more demons in the low mana range so that you have some board presence early. Some that came to mind are Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire for tutoring, Master of the Feast if you want to lean into a Underworld Dreams/Orcish BowmastersGC plan, Desecration Demon for stats and potential board denial, and Nightmare Shepherd for removal insulation. Really though, if you want more consistency, the best thing you can do is add more copies of your best cards. This does incentivize picking a clear direction and you don't want to consolidate too much here lest you get too low on unique names for Contract. If I was building this, I think I'd go to 4 copies of Spawn of Mayhem and 2-4 The Speed Demon with a focus on dealing damage or life loss to get their relevant triggers. Changeling Outcast is perfect for this so I'd up them too. Removal like Smallpox or the safer Geth's Verdict can incur life loss, and I do recommend upgrading from Sorin's Thirst and Cremate anyway. Fatal Push, Dismember, and Feed the Swarm are all options with varying strengths and weaknesses. That's just one direction too. You could just as easily build around foretell with Dream Devourer and some symmetry-breaking Damnations, Rite of Consumption effects with overstatted guys like Abyssal Persecutor, or pure devotion with Gray Merchant and Bloodletter alongside tools like The Meathook Massacre or Leyline of the Void. If you pick the handful of demons you enjoy playing the most and run more copies, you'll have more games actually playing with them and can save your tutors for emergencies more often.

TheoryCrafter on Athreos

1 month ago

Have you considered Font of Agonies? This will give you a way to benefit from paying life beyond just casting spells.

With so many spells with Graveyard interaction your strategy is vulnerable to graveyard hate. Can't do much about Bojuka Bog or Calamity's Wake, but Leyline of the Void and Rest in Peace can be taken out with Revoke Existence.

Also, I would recommend Taborax, Hope's Demise. With all the Clerics you are looking to sacrifice this could just as easily fill your hand and get you enough +1/+1 counters to allow the Lifelink to recover the lifeloss. In fact, I would recommend steadily replacing your non-Demon creatures with other Demons. This includes, but is not limited to, Blade of the Oni, Dream Devourer and Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire.

One other card you may want to consider is Mirror Entity. Not only will it count as a Demon for Liliana's Contract, but if someone hits your Shadowborn Apostles with a damage or -1/-1 boardwipe it's activated ability can save it.

I hope this helps, thank you for reading me out. Happy Hunting.

Coward_Token on Ob Nixilis Demon Tribal

6 months ago

Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire and The Speed Demon are some other potential candidates for the helm, and are good in the 99 too

Czarnian90 on Hellegion, Shadows and Flames (Raphael)

6 months ago

Oh yeah and Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire is here now :)

hootsnag on Ertai Creatureless Control

7 months ago

Oh yeah. I'll work that in. I forget about it sometimes haha. Check the other version of Oloro I made. I have another variant with a different commander that I'll be creating soon also. Still working on another idea for a potential Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire EDH deck too.

DadHumanPraetor on The Dark Brotherhood - Rogues & Riches

10 months ago

Snuff Out Deadly Rollick Force of Despair can start killing stuff as soon as you play your commander, so you could tap out for her t2 or t3 and immediately hit something.

Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire is my favorite rogue

Faerie Macabre is free graveyard hate, or a flying rogue

Cool idea, hopefully they give us some more creatures for this commander

NV_1980 on Be'lakor, Blade of the Seraph

10 months ago

Looks great! Adding Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire would be highly recommended. An additional nice win-condition in this deck can be provided by Liliana's Contract (though I know some playgroups that would frown on using cards like these). A card that's really a lot of fun to use is Dream Devourer. It doesn't just cheapen the cost of your demon (or any other) spells, it essentially keeps your demons in an untouchable zone until you need them. The other ideas I have increase the required budget for this deck rather substantially, but let me know in case you're still interested.

Fux2209 on B/R Deathtouch Destruction

1 year ago

Thanks wallisface for your answer

I know, just 3 cards with 1 CMC isnt that good... I once had more creatures with 1 mana, but I needed these spots for Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire and Isareth the Awakener, cause they make me more stabel I guess...

Also I have 0 creatures that cost more than 3 mana, so with the 19 mana I have most of the time enough lands... Still I know thers some space for improvements... Next I will buy some double lands and things like that to be more consistent