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Archfiend of Despair

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Type line

Creature — Demon

Oracle text

Flying Your opponents can't gain life. At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Rulings

Archfiend of Despair’s last ability counts only how much life was lost. It doesn’t care whether a player also gained life.2018-06-08
In a Two-Headed Giant game, damage and life loss happen to each player individually. If each player on a team is dealt 2 damage, each of those players loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down by 4. When Archfiend of Despair’s ability resolves, each of those players again loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down again by 4; they don’t each lose 4 life.2018-06-08
The amount of life to lose is determined only as Archfiend of Despair’s triggered ability resolves. For example, if you control two of them and an opponent lost 3 life earlier in the turn, the first ability to resolve would have that player lose 3 life, and the second would have that player lose 6 life.2018-06-08

Market price

$25.05

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Commanders that play this card

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

1 deck

Use over time

1 public deck with Archfiend of Despair saved in the last 12 weeks, by the week each was last saved. Approximate: a deck counts in the week it was saved, not every week it held the card.

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Often played with

Across the 1 public deck that plays Archfiend of Despair. That's a thin sample — treat these as observations, not staples.

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