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Asmodeus the Archfiend

Asmodeus the Archfiend

Legendary Creature — Devil God

Asmodeus the Archfiend wants a deck that plays lots of enchantments and draws a card for each one. It also works in a deck built around Devils, Gods / Devotion or Library Manipulation.

  • Mana cost4 genericblackblack
  • Black ()
  • Power / toughness6 / 6
  • RarityRare

Binding Contract — If you would draw a card, exile the top card of your library face down instead.

blackblackblack: Draw seven cards.

black: Return all cards exiled with Asmodeus to their owner's hand and you lose that much life.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Asmodeus the Archfiend

Picked for what they do in Asmodeus the Archfiend's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Asmodeus the Archfiend's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Asmodeus the Archfiend

explain how Asmodeus the Archfiend works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 23 Jul 2021

If a card is exiled face-down and no player has been given permission to look at it, no player is allowed to look at it as long as it remains exiled face-down.

Wizards of the Coast 23 Jul 2021

If Asmodeus the Archfiend leaves the battlefield before you activate its last ability, any cards exiled by its replacement effect remain exiled face down for the rest of the game. If you somehow return the same Asmodeus the Archfiend card to the battlefield, it will be a different object with no connection to those face-down cards.

Wizards of the Coast 23 Jul 2021

If your library is empty, no cards will be exiled but you won't lose the game due to drawing from an empty library.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Asmodeus the Archfiend, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBPlayers write colors as letters: B for black.Aura/EnchantressEnchantress decks fill the battlefield with enchantments and use cards that draw you an extra card every time you cast one. An Aura is an enchantment that attaches to something, usually a creature, and changes it.Open the Aura/Enchantress pageGods / DevotionGods, and cards that count your devotion: the number of mana symbols of one color among the costs of your permanents. The Theros Gods cannot be destroyed, and only become creatures when your devotion to their color is high enough.Open the Gods / Devotion pageMana SinkGives you somewhere useful to spend spare mana, usually through an ability you can activate again and again. Rogue's Passage, Mind StoneOpen the Mana Sink pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw pageLibrary ManipulationCards that let you look at, rearrange or play from the top of your deck, so you control what you draw next.Open the Library Manipulation page