Desecration Demon
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Demon
- Power / toughness
- 6 / 6
- Set
- Foundations #603 (rare)
- Price
- $0.21 USD
Flying
At the beginning of each combat, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Desecration Demon has 4 printings, first in Return to Ravnica (2012). EDHREC ranks it #8,750 among Commander cards. It appears most in Ardyn, the Usurper decks (880 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Desecration Demon most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Ardyn, the Usurper: 880 decks
- Abigale, Eloquent First-Year: 646 decks
- Rakdos, the Showstopper: 499 decks
- Ob Nixilis, Unshackled: 277 decks
- Rakdos, Patron of Chaos: 275 decks
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire: 224 decks
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath: 168 decks
- Rakdos the Defiler: 55 decks
Often played with Desecration Demon
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Players won't know which player, planeswalker, or battle Desecration Demon will attack, if any, when deciding whether to sacrifice a creature.
- : Each opponent in turn order may choose to sacrifice a creature, even if an opponent already chose to sacrifice a creature that combat. Desecration Demon will have a maximum of one +1/+1 counter put on it each combat, no matter how many creatures were sacrificed.