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Archon of Cruelty 
Oracle Text
Format Legality
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
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Archon of Cruelty
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (17)
Instants (14)
Artifacts (12)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (42)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Cabal Coffers
- 1 Cabal Stronghold
- 1 Cascading Cataracts
- 1 Castle Locthwain
- 1 Dark Depths
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Maze of Ith
- 1 Phyrexian Tower
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 10 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 8 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 7 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Temple of the False God
- 1 Thespian's Stage
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Urza's Cave
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard
Final: 7 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (19)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Final: 1 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 4 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (14)
Sorceries (10)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fallaji Archaeologist
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Sundering Titan
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (22)
- 1 Persist
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 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 Stock Up
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 3 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 9 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Fallaji Archaeologist
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Grief
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Agent of Treachery
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Sundering Titan
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (22)
- 1 Persist
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Counsel
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 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 Stock Up
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
Instants (17)
Artifacts (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 3 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Ruins
- 9 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (16)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (15)
Sideboard
Final: 3 | Swiss: 2
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Final: 2 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (23)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
- 1 Rona, Herald of Invasion
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
- 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
- 1 Astral Dragon
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (15)
Instants (22)
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Flash
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Cut Down
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Occult Epiphany
Artifacts (1)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 4 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Reef
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 1 Swamp
- 2 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (26)
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
- 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
- 1 Barrowgoyf
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Harvester of Misery
- 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 1 Massacre Wurm
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
- 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
- 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Lord of Change
- 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
- 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Psychic Frog
Sorceries (13)
Instants (20)
- 1 Bitter Triumph
- 1 Tainted Pact
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Force of Negation
- 1 Corpse Dance
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Consider
- 1 Mental Note
- 1 Thought Scour
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Tainted Indulgence
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Occult Epiphany
Artifacts (2)
Lands (35)
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 City of Traitors
- 1 Clearwater Pathway
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Darkslick Shores
- 1 Drowned Catacomb
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Island
- 4 Island
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Restless Reef
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Shipwreck Marsh
- 1 Sunken Hollow
- 3 Swamp
- 3 Swamp
- 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground River
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Watery Grave
Sideboard
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
