Ardyn, the Usurper
Legendary Creature — Elder Human Noble
Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste.
Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.
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- Set
- Final Fantasy (FIN #379)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 8
- Released
- 2025-06-13
- Artist
- Rorubei
- EDHREC rank
- #3,543
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Archfiend of Depravity
- Liliana's Contract
- Rune-Scarred Demon
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
- Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
- Reaper from the Abyss
- Demonic Counsel
- Harvester of Souls
- Demonic Covenant
- Sower of Discord
- Doom Whisperer
- Lord of the Void
- Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- Bloodgift Demon
- Ancient Cellarspawn
- Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
- Vilis, Broker of Blood
- Abyssal Harvester
- Bloodletter of Aclazotz
- Great Unclean One
- Urza's Incubator
- Overseer of the Damned
- Plague Drone
- Archfiend of Despair
- Dream Devourer
- Burning-Rune Demon
- The Darkness Crystal
- Indulgent Tormentor
- The Speed Demon
- Kindred Dominance
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
- Bontu's Monument
- Herald's Horn
- Heartless Summoning
- Rot-Curse Rakshasa
- Liliana of the Dark Realms
- Throne of Eldraine
- Buried Alive
- Rakshasa Debaser
- Demon of Loathing
- Séance Board
- Desecration Demon
- Razaketh, the Foulblooded
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
- Demonlord Belzenlok
- Madame Null, Power Broker
- Crypt Ghast
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Withering Torment
- Defiling Daemogoth
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Swamp
- Sol Ring
- Dark Ritual
- Jet Medallion
- Archfiend of Depravity
- Arcane Signet
- Crypt Ghast
- Cabal Coffers
- Liliana's Contract
- Rune-Scarred Demon
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
- Bontu's Monument
- Harvester of Souls
- Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
- Reaper from the Abyss
- Demonic Counsel
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Feed the Swarm
- Reanimate
- The Darkness Crystal
- Vilis, Broker of Blood
- Withering Torment
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
- Cabal Stronghold
- Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- Phyrexian Arena
- Sower of Discord
- Demonic Covenant
- Doom Whisperer
- Bloodletter of Aclazotz
- Lord of the Void
- Bloodgift Demon
- Bojuka Bog
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Ancient Cellarspawn
- Defile
- Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
- Black Market Connections
- Abyssal Harvester
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Lightning Greaves
- Toxic Deluge
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Urza's Incubator
- Great Unclean One
- Overseer of the Damned
- Archfiend of Despair
- Infernal Grasp
- Sign in Blood
- Liliana of the Dark Realms
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-06-06
Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into a graveyard.
- 2025-06-06
If a card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters" abilities, the token also has those abilities, and they'll trigger when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
- 2025-06-06
If the copied card has
in its mana cost, X is 0. - 2025-06-06
The token is a Demon creature instead of its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 5/5. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.