Archfiend of the Dross
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Phyrexian Demon
- Power / toughness
- 6 / 6
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One #304 (rare)
- Price
- $0.35 USD
Flying
This creature enters with four oil counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an oil counter from this creature. Then if it has no oil counters on it, you lose the game.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, its controller loses 2 life.
Archfiend of the Dross has 5 printings, first in Phyrexia: All Will Be One (2023). EDHREC ranks it #6,888 among Commander cards. It appears most in Jon Irenicus, Shattered One decks (8,782 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Archfiend of the Dross most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Jon Irenicus, Shattered One: 8,782 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius: 4,337 decks
- Abigale, Eloquent First-Year: 1,106 decks
- Sol'Kanar the Tainted: 165 decks
- Venser, Corpse Puppet: 109 decks
- Gaius van Baelsar: 8 decks
- Mabel, Bitter Recluse: 4 decks
- Yukora, the Prisoner
Often played with Archfiend of the Dross
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If Archfiend of the Dross is no longer on the battlefield as its upkeep triggered ability resolves, use the number of oil counters it had the last time it existed on the battlefield to determine whether you lose the game. You can't remove oil counters from it if it's not on the battlefield, so you won't lose the game if it had only one oil counter on it before leaving the battlefield.
- : If Archfiend of the Dross somehow loses all of its oil counters due to an effect other than its upkeep triggered ability, this won't cause you to lose the game until the next time that ability resolves.