Demons · Commander / EDH

Demon Commander Decks

Big black threats that charge you life, sacrifices, or both. The tribe has no lords worth playing, so demon decks are really reanimator decks that cheat the costs instead of paying them.

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Demon Reanimator — Cheat the Cost

Fill the graveyard with massive Demon threats and reanimate them early, while using recursive sacrifice fodder to satisfy upkeep costs and fuel Taborax's draw engine.

100 cards$171.33 totallegality-checked

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Commanders that care about demons

Legendary demons whose rules text actually names the creature type — these reward building around the tribe, rather than just belonging to it. Ordered by current market price, which is the closest thing to a popularity signal we can honestly compute.

Art by Viktor Titov

Rakdos, the Showstopper

Legendary Creature — Demon

{4}{B}{R}$2.40

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Art by Marta Nael

Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz

Legendary Creature — Vampire Demon

{2}{W}{B}$0.73

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Art by Daarken

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Legendary Creature — Demon Noble

{3}{U}{B}{R}

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The demon support package

Cards that are not demons themselves but name them in their rules text — the lords, anthems, tutors and payoffs that turn a pile of creatures into a deck. 50 of them are legal in Commander.

Boris Devilboon

{3}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

$25.65Buy on Mana Pool

Kaalia, Zenith Seeker

{R}{W}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

$11.26Buy on Mana Pool

Nurgle's Rot

{B}

Enchantment — Aura

$10.49Buy on Mana Pool

Ancient Cellarspawn

{1}{B}{B}

Enchantment Creature — Horror

$7.27Buy on Mana Pool

Tasha, the Witch Queen

{3}{U}{B}

Legendary Planeswalker — Tasha

$6.40Buy on Mana Pool

Liliana's Contract

{3}{B}{B}

Enchantment

$4.16Buy on Mana Pool

Tomb of Urami

Legendary Land

$4.09Buy on Mana Pool

Master of Dark Rites

{B}

Creature — Vampire Cleric

$3.64Buy on Mana Pool

Séance Board

{2}

Artifact

$3.63Buy on Mana Pool

Baneslayer Angel

{3}{W}{W}

Creature — Angel

$3.21Buy on Mana Pool

Where demons live

Color identity of every legal demon in the format. This is what decides your commander's colors before you pick a single card.

Under a dollar

Playable demons currently under $1 — the cheap end of the pool, priced from the least expensive real printing.

Minion of Leshrac

{4}{B}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon Minion

$0.90Buy on Mana Pool

Infernal Denizen

{7}{B}

Creature — Demon

$0.85Buy on Mana Pool

Pink Horror

{3}{U}{R}

Creature — Demon Horror

$0.84Buy on Mana Pool

Reiver Demon

{4}{B}{B}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

$0.84Buy on Mana Pool

Rune-Scarred Demon

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

$0.79Buy on Mana Pool

Archfiend of Spite

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

$0.78Buy on Mana Pool

Defiling Daemogoth

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

$0.78Buy on Mana Pool

Minion of Tevesh Szat

{4}{B}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon Minion

$0.77Buy on Mana Pool

Heralds of Tzeentch

{4}{U}

Creature — Demon

$0.71Buy on Mana Pool

Venomcrawler

{3}{B}

Artifact Creature — Demon

$0.71Buy on Mana Pool

Liege of the Pit

{5}{B}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

$0.70Buy on Mana Pool

Harvester of Souls

{4}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

$0.64Buy on Mana Pool

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