The Lord of Pain

Public decks that run The Lord of Pain

• Endless Punishment - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Commanders that run The Lord of Pain most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 19,981 decks
• Ezio Auditore da Firenze: 5,406 decks
• Deadpool, Trading Card: 3,510 decks
• Yurlok of Scorch Thrash: 2,775 decks
• Nekusar, the Mindrazer: 1,860 decks
• Xantcha, Sleeper Agent: 1,193 decks
• Kardur, Doomscourge: 974 decks
• The Infamous Cruelclaw: 844 decks

Often played with The Lord of Pain

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
• Etrata, the Silencer
• Thraximundar
• Layla Hassan
• Ramses, Assassin Lord
• Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
• Ezio, Blade of Vengeance
• Nightshade Harvester
• Enchanter's Bane
• Achilles Davenport

Rulings

• 2024-09-20: The Lord of Pain's last ability must target a player other than the one who cast the spell that caused the ability to trigger. That means that if it's just you and one other player in the game, you'll have to target yourself when that player casts their first spell each turn. (What did you expect? You summoned The Lord of Pain!)
• 2024-09-20: If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, use the value chosen for X when determining that spell's mana value.
• 2024-09-20: Spells and abilities that cause opponents to gain life still resolve while The Lord of Pain is on the battlefield. They won't gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will still happen.
• 2024-09-20: If an effect says to set an opponent's life total to a number that's higher than their current life total, that player's life total won't change.