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◇ Catalog #1565

Master of Cruelties

sld·#1565·mythic·borderless

Illus. Abigail Larson

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Mar '25

1 yr ago

Value

$14.55+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $14 · low $13

NM$13.6

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$13–$14modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $14low $7.61range 81.1%n 44

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #3,315 · Niche pick

Variants

Borderless$14

Gameplay

Creature — Demon

First strike, deathtouch This creature can only attack alone. Whenever this creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.

There is no greater pain than a love that can never be.

1/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 6

2024-01-12wotc

Master of Cruelties's last ability won't trigger if it attacks a planeswalker or a battle.

2013-04-15wotc

If Master of Cruelties attacks alone, another creature entering the battlefield attacking will have no effect on it. Master of Cruelties continues to be an attacking creature. The other attacking creature will assign combat damage normally, regardless of whether Master of Cruelties's last ability triggers.

2013-04-15wotc

For a player's life total to become 1, what actually happens is that the player loses (or in some rare cases, gains) the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the player's life total is 4 when the last ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 3 life. Other effects that interact with life loss (or gain) will interact with this effect accordingly.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $13.55. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $7.61 and $13.78 across 44 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #1565 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Creature — Demon, color identity black/red, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{B}{R} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: First strike and Deathtouch.

Legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #3,315 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Abigail Larson. Rarix catalogs 11 other cards credited to this artist.