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◇ Catalog #503

Archfiend of Despair

cmm·#503·mythic·etched_foil

Illus. Josh Hass

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Aug '23

3 yr ago

Value

$38.11+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $39 · low $36

NM$38.1

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$35–$40modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $38low $3.78range 914.8%n 43

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,739 · Niche pick

Variants

Etched Foil$38

Gameplay

Creature — Demon

Flying Your opponents can't gain life. At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

6/6

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 3

2018-06-08wotc

Archfiend of Despair’s last ability counts only how much life was lost. It doesn’t care whether a player also gained life.

2018-06-08wotc

In a Two-Headed Giant game, damage and life loss happen to each player individually. If each player on a team is dealt 2 damage, each of those players loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down by 4. When Archfiend of Despair’s ability resolves, each of those players again loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down again by 4; they don’t each lose 4 life.

2018-06-08wotc

The amount of life to lose is determined only as Archfiend of Despair’s triggered ability resolves. For example, if you control two of them and an opponent lost 3 life earlier in the turn, the first ability to resolve would have that player lose 3 life, and the second would have that player lose 6 life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $38.11. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.78 and $38.36 across 43 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CMM — the lineup includes Etched Foil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #503 of *Commander Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2023 Commander Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Demon, color identity black, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {6}{B}{B} (8 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,739 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Josh Hass. Rarix catalogs 267 other cards credited to this artist.