Archon of Cruelty
- Mana cost
- {6}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Archon
- Power / toughness
- 6 / 6
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander #371 (mythic)
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.
Archon of Cruelty has 6 printings, first in Modern Horizons 2 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #971 among Commander cards. It appears most in Hashaton, Scarab's Fist decks (11,276 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Archon of Cruelty
- Graveyard Overdrive - Modern Horizons 3 Commander, led by Disa the Restless
- Multiverse Reforged - Reality Fracture, led by Jace, Multiverse Architect
Commanders that run Archon of Cruelty most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist: 11,276 decks
- Henzie "Toolbox" Torre: 9,804 decks
- Jace, Multiverse Architect: 8,997 decks
- Satoru Umezawa: 6,673 decks
- Disa the Restless: 4,171 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 4,017 decks
- Marvo, Deep Operative: 3,553 decks
- Sefris of the Hidden Ways: 3,458 decks
Often played with Archon of Cruelty
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You and the opponent you target take all the actions in the order listed. Notably, the creature or planeswalker they sacrifice won't be on the battlefield as they discard a card or lose life. If any abilities trigger, they will wait to be put on the stack until after the spell resolves. If any abilities controlled by that opponent trigger but losing 3 life causes them to lose the game, none of those abilities will be put on the stack.