Fiend Artisan
- Mana cost
- {B/G}{B/G}
- Type
- Creature — Nightmare
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Special Guests #83 (mythic)
- Price
- $6.46 USD
This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
{X}{B/G}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
Fiend Artisan has 8 printings, first in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020). EDHREC ranks it #4,486 among Commander cards. It appears most in Meren of Clan Nel Toth decks (5,195 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Fiend Artisan most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth: 5,195 decks
- Nethroi, Apex of Death: 2,410 decks
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord: 1,983 decks
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain: 1,945 decks
- Savra, Queen of the Golgari: 752 decks
- Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm: 724 decks
- Old Stickfingers: 599 decks
- Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie: 329 decks
Often played with Fiend Artisan
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Fiend Artisan may become lethal if creature cards leave your graveyard during that turn.
- : If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- : Fiend Artisan's first ability applies only while it's on the battlefield.