MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #64422

Archfiend of Ifnir

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#64422·rare·foil

Illus. Slawomir Maniak

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun '17

9 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,387 · Common include

Variants

Foil$0.03

Gameplay

Creature — Demon

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

5/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2017-04-18wotc

An ability that triggers whenever you "cycle or discard" a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability "Whenever you discard a card" is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.

2017-04-18wotc

Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.

2017-04-18wotc

An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn't give you permission to discard cards. You'll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes 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 #64422 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the June 2017 Magic Online release.

Card type: Creature — Demon, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Cycling.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,387 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Slawomir Maniak. Rarix catalogs 890 other cards credited to this artist.