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Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
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Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

{2}{B}

Legendary Creature — Demon Rogue

Deathtouch

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

"Sorry, I'm not into short guys."

2 / 3

BoastDeathtouch
Set
Secret Lair Drop (SLD #1809)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2024-09-30
Artist
Domenico Cava
EDHREC rank
#1,938
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In 2 two-card combos

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

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.42
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 9

Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Nexus of Fate
{U}{B}
Infinite turnsLockSkip your draw steps
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Beacon of Tomorrows
{U}{B}
Infinite turnsLockSkip your draw steps
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Kuro, Pitlord+Temporal Extortion+Repay in Kind+Canal Dredger
{B}
LockOn each of your turns, you take an extra turn unless an opponent chooses to lose the game
Stasis+Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Rishadan Pawnshop+Temple Bell
{U}{B}
LockMass Land DenialOpponents skip their untap steps
Stasis+Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Tel-Jilad Stylus+Temple Bell
{U}{B}
LockMass Land DenialOpponents skip their untap steps
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Temporal Extortion+Mirari+Canal Dredger
{B}
Infinite turnsLock
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Timesifter+Emiel the Blessed+Riftsweeper+Draco
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite turnsLock
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Unspeakable Symbol+Temporal Extortion+Repay in Kind+Canal Dredger
{B}
LockOn each of your turns, you take an extra turn unless an opponent chooses to lose the game
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire+Timesifter+Eldrazi Displacer+Riftsweeper+Draco
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite turnsLock

All 9 combos.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled 28 %+24.8 %
  2. Ad Nauseam 27 %+24.1 %
  3. Sickening Dreams 22 %+21.7 %
  4. Dark Sphere 19 %+19.2 %
  5. Liliana's Contract 21 %+19.1 %
  6. Ornithopter 19 %+17.3 %
  7. Slaughter Pact 19 %+16.4 %
  8. Spellbook 17 %+16.1 %
  9. Scheming Symmetry 20 %+15.8 %
  10. Lotus Petal 23 %+15.5 %
  11. Tormod's Crypt 16 %+15.3 %
  12. Memnite 16 %+14.9 %
  13. Archfiend of Depravity 22 %+14.8 %
  14. Rune-Scarred Demon 19 %+14.3 %
  15. Phyrexian Walker 15 %+14.3 %
  16. Mishra's Bauble 15 %+14.2 %
  17. Bloodgift Demon 17 %+14.2 %
  18. Profane Tutor 18 %+13.8 %
  19. Opposition Agent 23 %+13.5 %
  20. Stonecoil Serpent 14 %+13.4 %
  21. Rain of Filth 16 %+13.4 %
  22. Demonic Counsel 16 %+13.1 %
  23. Endless One 13 %+12.7 %
  24. Everflowing Chalice 18 %+12.7 %
  25. Zuran Orb 13 %+12.5 %
  26. Reaper from the Abyss 14 %+12.2 %
  27. Dream Devourer 13 %+12.2 %
  28. Cryptic Trilobite 12 %+11.9 %
  29. Cabal Ritual 31 %+11.8 %
  30. Indulgent Tormentor 13 %+11.5 %
  31. Mox Amber 16 %+11.4 %
  32. Sower of Discord 13 %+11.2 %
  33. Ugin's Conjurant 11 %+11.2 %
  34. Bubbling Muck 27 %+11.2 %
  35. Urza's Bauble 11 %+11.1 %
  36. Harvester of Souls 17 %+10.9 %
  37. Elixir of Immortality 13 %+10.9 %
  38. Shield Sphere 11 %+10.9 %
  39. Glacial Chasm 11 %+10.8 %
  40. Boseiju, Who Shelters All 12 %+10.5 %
  41. Hangarback Walker 11 %+10.5 %
  42. Bloodletter of Aclazotz 21 %+10.3 %
  43. Walking Ballista 12 %+10.3 %
  44. Burning-Rune Demon 11 %+10.0 %
  45. Ebon Stronghold 11 %+9.9 %
  46. Shifting Wall 10 %+9.9 %
  47. Whispersilk Cloak 16 %+9.7 %
  48. Paradise Mantle 10 %+9.6 %
  49. Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber 12 %+9.6 %
  50. Mox Opal 13 %+9.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 93 %-2.1 %
  2. Sol Ring 84 %-1.3 %
  3. Dark Ritual 76 %+8.6 %
  4. Arcane Signet 49 %-12.4 %
  5. Cabal Coffers 46 %-9.0 %
  6. Jet Medallion 45 %-17.3 %
  7. Feed the Swarm 39 %-10.9 %
  8. Crypt Ghast 37 %-10.1 %
  9. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 35 %-3.0 %
  10. Lightning Greaves 34 %+0.6 %
  11. Demonic Tutor 33 %+6.4 %
  12. Reliquary Tower 33 %+3.7 %
  13. Imp's Mischief 33 %+7.3 %
  14. Swiftfoot Boots 32 %+0.9 %
  15. Bojuka Bog 32 %-15.4 %
  16. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 32 %-18.5 %
  17. Reanimate 31 %-9.7 %
  18. Cabal Ritual 31 %+11.8 %
  19. Phyrexian Arena 31 %-8.5 %
  20. Exsanguinate 29 %+4.2 %
  21. Sign in Blood 28 %-6.8 %
  22. Cabal Stronghold 28 %-6.1 %
  23. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled 28 %+24.8 %
  24. Defile 27 %-7.9 %
  25. Ad Nauseam 27 %+24.1 %
  26. Bubbling Muck 27 %+11.2 %
  27. Vampiric Tutor 27 %+5.8 %
  28. Culling the Weak 26 %+8.3 %
  29. Bolas's Citadel 25 %-2.9 %
  30. Rogue's Passage 25 %+5.2 %
  31. Mind Stone 24 %-3.7 %
  32. Toxic Deluge 24 %-13.1 %
  33. Lotus Petal 23 %+15.5 %
  34. Infernal Grasp 23 %-2.3 %
  35. Opposition Agent 23 %+13.5 %
  36. Thought Vessel 23 %-1.7 %
  37. Charcoal Diamond 22 %+0.8 %
  38. Sickening Dreams 22 %+21.7 %
  39. Damnation 22 %+2.0 %
  40. Archfiend of Depravity 22 %+14.8 %
  41. Withering Torment 22 %-9.8 %
  42. Liliana's Contract 21 %+19.1 %
  43. Bloodletter of Aclazotz 21 %+10.3 %
  44. Bontu's Monument 20 %-7.5 %
  45. Scheming Symmetry 20 %+15.8 %
  46. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 20 %+0.6 %
  47. Go for the Throat 20 %-2.7 %
  48. Night's Whisper 20 %-5.8 %
  49. Dark Sphere 19 %+19.2 %
  50. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 19 %-10.3 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2021-02-05

    A boast ability can be activated at any point after the creature with that ability has been declared as an attacker. This can be before blockers are declared, after blockers are declared but before combat damage is dealt, during combat after combat damage is dealt, during the postcombat main phase, during the end step, or, in some unusual cases, during the cleanup step.

  • 2021-02-05

    If a creature with a boast ability is put onto the battlefield attacking, it was never declared as an attacker. Its boast ability can't be activated that turn.

  • 2021-02-05

    If an effect adds additional combat phases to a turn and a creature with a boast ability attacks more than once during that turn, its boast ability can still be activated only once.

  • 2021-02-05

    If it's not your turn and you gain control of a creature with a boast ability after that creature attacked, you can activate that creature's boast ability if it hasn't been activated yet that turn.

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