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Archon of Cruelty 
Creature — Archon
Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, target opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, discards a card, and loses 3 life. You draw a card and gain 3 life.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Archon of Cruelty, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 21 | 2.4 | 304 | 1.4 |
| Modern | 23 | 3.3 | 142 | 3.6 |
| Duel Commander | 1 | 1 | 45 | 1 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 8
- Collector #
- 371
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Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Archon of Cruelty
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (20)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Beseech the Mirror
- 1 Dead of Winter
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Damnation
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Dark Petition
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Insatiable Avarice
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Hymn to Tourach
- 1 Mind Twist
Instants (10)
Artifacts (9)
Enchantments (7)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (40)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (16)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Phantasmal Image
- 1 Grief
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Kavaero, Mind-Bitten
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Kairi, the Swirling Sky
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (19)
Instants (22)
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Shallow Grave
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Flash
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Sink into Stupor
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Sacrifice
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Stifle
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 6 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (8)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (20)
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (19)
Instants (23)
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Cabal Ritual
- 1 Shallow Grave
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Dismember
- 1 Daze
- 1 Flash
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Burnt Offering
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Mental Misstep
Artifacts (1)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tomb Fortress
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Watery Grave
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
4
Final: 4 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (12)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (14)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 10 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (24)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Chart a Course
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Unmask
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Cabal Therapy
- 1 Dread Fugue
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (37)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Crystal Vein
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Ebon Stronghold
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 1 Lake of the Dead
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 1 Svyelunite Temple
- 1 Swamp
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
