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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
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (11)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (2)
Sorceries (15)
Instants (36)
- 1 Pact of Negation
- 1 Sheoldred's Edict
- 1 Consult the Star Charts
- 1 Daze
- 1 Evasive Action
- 1 Lose Focus
- 1 Mana Leak
- 1 Memory Lapse
- 1 Remand
- 1 Tale's End
- 1 Sauron's Ransom
- 1 Reprieve
- 1 Kaya's Guile
- 1 Brainsurge
- 1 Rakshasa's Bargain
- 1 Misdirection
- 1 Waterlogged Teachings
- 1 Cling to Dust
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Veil of Summer
- 1 Growth Spiral
- 1 Planar Genesis
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Lightning Helix
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Force Spike
- 1 Spell Snare
- 1 Stern Scolding
- 1 Wash Away
- 1 Drown in the Loch
- 1 Counterspell
- 1 Mental Misstep
- 1 Mana Tithe
- 1 Orim's Chant
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Tithe
Artifacts (3)
Enchantments (3)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Floodfarm Verge
- 1 Gloomlake Verge
- 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Island
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Meticulous Archive
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Spara's Headquarters
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Thundering Falls
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Tundra
- 1 Undercity Sewers
- 1 Underground Sea
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Volcanic Island
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Xander's Lounge
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (9)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (18)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (15)
Sorceries (20)
- 1 Profane Tutor
- 1 Collective Brutality
- 1 Demonic Tutor
- 1 Exhume
- 1 Lively Dirge
- 1 Persist
- 1 Unmarked Grave
- 1 Buried Alive
- 1 Toxic Deluge
- 1 Yawgmoth's Will
- 1 Tendrils of Agony
- 1 Show and Tell
- 1 Lórien Revealed
- 1 Bone Shards
- 1 Duress
- 1 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1 Thoughtseize
- 1 Careful Study
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Gitaxian Probe
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 Corpse Dance
- 1 Saw in Half
- 1 Frantic Search
- 1 Intuition
- 1 Fatal Push
- 1 Sacrifice
- 1 Brainstorm
- 1 Spell Pierce
- 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 (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
5
Final: 5 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (10)
Sorceries (13)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (2)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (4)
Sorceries (11)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (10)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (16)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (12)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (17)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (18)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (12)
Instants (15)
Enchantments (1)
Lands (19)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 7
