Archfiend of Despair

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-	3016.07	2.84 tix

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Name	Archfiend of Despair
Type	Creature — demon
Description	Flying Your opponents can't gain life. At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Artist	Josh Hass
Set	Commander Masters #137
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Archfiend of Despair

Archfiend of Despair, Creature — demon, designed by Josh Hass first released in Jun, 2018 in the set Battlebond and was printed exactly in 3 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 3016.07. It's a key card in 6 combos.

A deck that focuses on controlling the opponent's life total and preventing them from gaining life would benefit from including Archfiend of Despair. This card can be particularly effective in a black control or midrange deck that aims to chip away at the opponent's life steadily. While there may be other cards that offer similar effects, such as Sanguine Bond or Exquisite Blood, Archfiend of Despair's ability to continuously punish opponents for losing life can make it a strong choice in the right deck. Its high mana cost may limit its playability in faster formats, but in slower, more grindy games, it could definitely see play as a powerful finisher.

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06/08/18

Archfiend of Despair’s last ability counts only how much life was lost. It doesn’t care whether a player also gained life.

06/08/18

In a Two-Headed Giant game, damage and life loss happen to each player individually. If each player on a team is dealt 2 damage, each of those players loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down by 4. When Archfiend of Despair’s ability resolves, each of those players again loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down again by 4; they don’t each lose 4 life.

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