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Archfiend of the Dross
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Archfiend of the Dross

{2}{B}{B}

Creature — Phyrexian Demon

Flying

This creature enters with four oil counters on it.

At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an oil counter from this creature. Then if it has no oil counters on it, you lose the game.

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, its controller loses 2 life.

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Flying
Set
Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE #434)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2023-02-10
Artist
Sidharth Chaturvedi
EDHREC rank
#6,789
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In a two-card combo

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.33
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 14

Archfiend of the Dross+Exchange of Words
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Fateful Handoff
{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Jon Irenicus, Shattered One+Heartless Act
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Wrong Turn
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Harmless Offering
{B}{R}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Blim, Comedic Genius
{B}{R}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Bazaar Trader
{B}{R}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Coveted Falcon
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Donate
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Switcheroo
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Solemnity+Fractured Identity
{W}{U}{B}
Each opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
{W}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
{U}{B}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep
Archfiend of the Dross+Heartless Act+Zedruu the Greathearted
{W}{U}{B}{R}
Target opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep

All 14 combos.

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2023-02-04

    If Archfiend of the Dross is no longer on the battlefield as its upkeep triggered ability resolves, use the number of oil counters it had the last time it existed on the battlefield to determine whether you lose the game. You can't remove oil counters from it if it's not on the battlefield, so you won't lose the game if it had only one oil counter on it before leaving the battlefield.

  • 2023-02-04

    If Archfiend of the Dross somehow loses all of its oil counters due to an effect other than its upkeep triggered ability, this won't cause you to lose the game until the next time that ability resolves.

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