Art by Russell Dongjun Lu

Ardyn, the Usurper

Legendary Creature — Elder Human Noble

Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste. Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.

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Average Card Type Breakdown

Creature

27%

Instant

Sorcery

10%

Artifact

12%

Enchantment

Planeswalker

Land

35%

Average Mana Curve

11%

24%

18%

12%

13%

14%

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Most Played With Ardyn, the Usurper (179)

Sol Ring

89% of decks · $1.38

Arcane Signet

67% of decks · $0.49

Reaper from the Abyss

55% of decks · $0.89

Demonic Counsel

55% of decks · $2.40

Feed the Swarm

54% of decks · $0.24

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

54% of decks · $3.90

Reanimate

54% of decks · $10.11

The Darkness Crystal

52% of decks · $4.03

Vilis, Broker of Blood

51% of decks · $9.77

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

49% of decks · $1.12

Withering Torment

49% of decks · $1.58

Valgavoth, Terror Eater

49% of decks · $18.23

Phyrexian Arena

49% of decks · $4.26

Doom Whisperer

47% of decks · $6.49

Bloodletter of Aclazotz

47% of decks · $36.73

Lord of the Void

46% of decks · $16.02

Bloodgift Demon

45% of decks · $0.78

Ancient Cellarspawn

42% of decks · $6.35

Defile

42% of decks · $1.32

Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

41% of decks · $4.79

Black Market Connections

41% of decks · $10.47

Abyssal Harvester

41% of decks · $0.34

Lightning Greaves

40% of decks · $4.00

Toxic Deluge

39% of decks · $5.17

Archfiend of Despair

39% of decks · $2.83

Solemn Simulacrum

38% of decks · $0.34

Urza's Incubator

38% of decks · $20.18

Overseer of the Damned

38% of decks · $0.40

Great Unclean One

38% of decks · $4.16

38% of decks · $2.74

Infernal Grasp

38% of decks · $0.33

Liliana of the Dark Realms

37% of decks · $9.30

Victimize

36% of decks · $1.34

Night's Whisper

36% of decks · $6.25

Buried Alive

35% of decks · $3.61

Herald's Horn

35% of decks · $5.82

Kindred Dominance

35% of decks · $4.94

Burning-Rune Demon

34% of decks · $5.52

Indulgent Tormentor

34% of decks · $0.69

Heartless Summoning

33% of decks · $1.84

Imp's Mischief

33% of decks · $9.14

The Speed Demon

32% of decks · $1.03

Throne of Eldraine

32% of decks · $29.42

Swiftfoot Boots

31% of decks

Cabal Ritual

31% of decks

Charcoal Diamond

30% of decks · $0.35

Bolas's Citadel

28% of decks · $16.17

Black Market

28% of decks · $6.40

Rise of the Dark Realms

28% of decks · $6.49

Bubbling Muck

28% of decks · $4.87

Rot-Curse Rakshasa

26% of decks · $1.88

Fell the Profane

25% of decks

Deadly Rollick

25% of decks · $28.68

Mind Stone

25% of decks

Caged Sun

24% of decks · $3.87

Go for the Throat

24% of decks · $0.62

Overkill

24% of decks · $0.30

Blasphemous Edict

24% of decks · $4.13

Damnation

24% of decks · $21.01

Exsanguinate

23% of decks · $0.40

Razaketh, the Foulblooded

23% of decks · $14.64

Demonic Tutor

23% of decks · $69.17

Animate Dead

23% of decks · $7.00

Thought Vessel

23% of decks

Demon of Loathing

23% of decks · $0.67

Nirkana Revenant

22% of decks · $6.80

Séance Board

22% of decks · $3.17

Entomb

22% of decks · $18.29

Stitcher's Supplier

21% of decks · $0.37

Darkness

21% of decks · $23.79

Ripples of Undeath

21% of decks · $8.82

Wayfarer's Bauble

21% of decks · $5.61

Consuming Corruption

21% of decks · $0.26

Breach the Multiverse

20% of decks · $11.31

Desecration Demon

20% of decks · $0.22

Defiling Daemogoth

20% of decks · $0.59

Madame Null, Power Broker

20% of decks · $0.31

Ob Nixilis, the Fallen

19% of decks · $2.26

Thran Dynamo

19% of decks · $4.43

The Soul Stone

19% of decks · $84.20

Demonlord Belzenlok

19% of decks · $0.41

Sheoldred, Whispering One

19% of decks · $20.76

Nyx Lotus

19% of decks · $4.71

Sceptre of Eternal Glory

18% of decks · $20.11

Malakir Rebirth

18% of decks

Reiver Demon

18% of decks · $1.06

Burnished Hart

18% of decks · $0.30

Shadowgrange Archfiend

17% of decks · $6.49

Abhorrent Overlord

17% of decks · $0.40

Whip of Erebos

17% of decks · $9.52

Bitter Triumph

16% of decks · $0.31

Syr Konrad, the Grim

16% of decks · $1.78

Blade of the Oni

16% of decks · $1.09

Gilded Lotus

16% of decks · $0.54

Doomsday Excruciator

16% of decks · $1.48

Magus of the Coffers

15% of decks · $4.93

Expedition Map

15% of decks · $1.44

Grave Researcher

15% of decks

Kothophed, Soul Hoarder

15% of decks · $0.34

Dread Return

14% of decks · $0.60

Bog Witch

14% of decks · $6.10

Songs of the Damned

14% of decks · $2.91

Mutilate

14% of decks · $2.15

Soul Shatter

13% of decks · $6.14

Roaming Throne

13% of decks · $51.97

Read the Bones

13% of decks · $0.29

Vile Mutilator

13% of decks · $0.24

Millikin

13% of decks · $0.34

Deadly Dispute

13% of decks · $0.26

Virtue of Persistence

13% of decks

Village Rites

13% of decks · $0.99

Tragic Slip

13% of decks · $0.26

Vampiric Tutor

12% of decks · $54.45

Snuff Out

12% of decks · $12.98

Patchwork Banner

12% of decks · $2.79

Fellwar Stone

12% of decks

Culling the Weak

12% of decks · $8.04

Venomcrawler

12% of decks · $1.13

Mindcrank

12% of decks · $13.22

Summon: Primal Odin

12% of decks · $1.78

Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

11% of decks · $0.73

Elbrus, the Binding Blade

11% of decks

Worn Powerstone

11% of decks · $0.38

Resentful Revelation

11% of decks · $0.22

Stinging Study

11% of decks · $10.68

Sheoldred's Edict

11% of decks · $1.33

Pestilence Demon

11% of decks · $0.55

Cover of Darkness

11% of decks · $21.67

Extraplanar Lens

11% of decks · $14.06

Diabolic Tutor

10% of decks · $2.21

Living Death

10% of decks · $6.62

Torment of Hailfire

10% of decks · $36.34

Bringer of the Last Gift

10% of decks · $0.75

Archenemy's Charm

10% of decks · $1.09

Taborax, Hope's Demise

10% of decks · $0.27

Exquisite Blood

10% of decks · $40.38

Not Dead After All

10% of decks · $1.62

Palantír of Orthanc

10% of decks · $19.21

Sanguine Bond

10% of decks · $7.89

Murder

9% of decks · $0.18

Demonic Embrace

9% of decks · $0.34

Demon of Dark Schemes

9% of decks · $1.19

Gauntlet of Power

9% of decks · $4.09

Cemetery Tampering

9% of decks · $0.37

Rejoin the Fight

9% of decks · $0.20

Commander's Sphere

9% of decks · $0.34

Incarnation Technique

8% of decks · $9.43

Diresight

8% of decks · $0.17

The Meathook Massacre

8% of decks · $24.67

Syphon Mind

8% of decks · $0.31

Insatiable Avarice

8% of decks · $6.15

Persist

8% of decks · $0.74

Mesmeric Orb

8% of decks · $18.03

Kaya's Ghostform

8% of decks · $1.73

Patriarch's Bidding

8% of decks · $3.70

Sudden Spoiling

7% of decks · $6.86

Heraldic Banner

7% of decks · $0.33

Chronicle of Victory

7% of decks · $21.97

World Map

7% of decks · $0.28

Necropotence

7% of decks · $38.23

Grave Pact

6% of decks · $30.52

Bloodline Bidding

6% of decks · $2.93

Flare of Malice

6% of decks · $3.09

The One Ring

6% of decks · $116.27

Decorum Dissertation

6% of decks · $5.28

Baleful Mastery

6% of decks · $2.53

Dark Deal

6% of decks · $2.21

Saw in Half

6% of decks · $5.72

Reign of the Pit

6% of decks · $0.20

Commander's Plate

6% of decks · $38.74

Decree of Pain

6% of decks · $0.36

Hero's Downfall

6% of decks · $0.33

Hagra Mauling

6% of decks

Feign Death

6% of decks · $0.79

Phyrexian Reclamation

6% of decks · $2.86

Meathook Massacre II

5% of decks · $2.47

In Garruk's Wake

5% of decks · $3.17

Force of Despair

5% of decks · $7.08

Strionic Resonator

5% of decks · $7.50

New Cards

Avacyn, Angel of Horror

11% of decks · $15.93

The Master of Lake-town

9% of decks · $0.51

Troop of Ponies

7% of decks · $0.33

Miss Highwater

3% of decks

Dark Matter Manipulator

3% of decks · $0.73

Creatures (50)

Reaper from the Abyss

55% of decks · $0.89

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

54% of decks · $3.90

Vilis, Broker of Blood

51% of decks · $9.77

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

49% of decks · $1.12

Valgavoth, Terror Eater

49% of decks · $18.23

Doom Whisperer

47% of decks · $6.49

Bloodletter of Aclazotz

47% of decks · $36.73

Lord of the Void

46% of decks · $16.02

Bloodgift Demon

45% of decks · $0.78

Ancient Cellarspawn

42% of decks · $6.35

Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

41% of decks · $4.79

Abyssal Harvester

41% of decks · $0.34

Archfiend of Despair

39% of decks · $2.83

Solemn Simulacrum

38% of decks · $0.34

Overseer of the Damned

38% of decks · $0.40

Great Unclean One

38% of decks · $4.16

Burning-Rune Demon

34% of decks · $5.52

Indulgent Tormentor

34% of decks · $0.69

The Speed Demon

32% of decks · $1.03

Rot-Curse Rakshasa

26% of decks · $1.88

Razaketh, the Foulblooded

23% of decks · $14.64

Demon of Loathing

23% of decks · $0.67

Nirkana Revenant

22% of decks · $6.80

Stitcher's Supplier

21% of decks · $0.37

Desecration Demon

20% of decks · $0.22

Defiling Daemogoth

20% of decks · $0.59

Madame Null, Power Broker

20% of decks · $0.31

Ob Nixilis, the Fallen

19% of decks · $2.26

Demonlord Belzenlok

19% of decks · $0.41

Sheoldred, Whispering One

19% of decks · $20.76

Reiver Demon

18% of decks · $1.06

Burnished Hart

18% of decks · $0.30

Shadowgrange Archfiend

17% of decks · $6.49

Abhorrent Overlord

17% of decks · $0.40

Syr Konrad, the Grim

16% of decks · $1.78

Blade of the Oni

16% of decks · $1.09

Doomsday Excruciator

16% of decks · $1.48

Magus of the Coffers

15% of decks · $4.93

Grave Researcher

15% of decks

Kothophed, Soul Hoarder

15% of decks · $0.34

Bog Witch

14% of decks · $6.10

Roaming Throne

13% of decks · $51.97

Vile Mutilator

13% of decks · $0.24

Millikin

13% of decks · $0.34

Venomcrawler

12% of decks · $1.13

Summon: Primal Odin

12% of decks · $1.78

Pestilence Demon

11% of decks · $0.55

Bringer of the Last Gift

10% of decks · $0.75

Taborax, Hope's Demise

10% of decks · $0.27

Demon of Dark Schemes

9% of decks · $1.19

Instants (35)

Withering Torment

49% of decks · $1.58

Defile

42% of decks · $1.32

Infernal Grasp

38% of decks · $0.33

Imp's Mischief

33% of decks · $9.14

Cabal Ritual

31% of decks

Fell the Profane

25% of decks

Deadly Rollick

25% of decks · $28.68

Go for the Throat

24% of decks · $0.62

Overkill

24% of decks · $0.30

Entomb

22% of decks · $18.29

Darkness

21% of decks · $23.79

Consuming Corruption

21% of decks · $0.26

Malakir Rebirth

18% of decks

Bitter Triumph

16% of decks · $0.31

Songs of the Damned

14% of decks · $2.91

Soul Shatter

13% of decks · $6.14

Deadly Dispute

13% of decks · $0.26

Village Rites

13% of decks · $0.99

Tragic Slip

13% of decks · $0.26

Vampiric Tutor

12% of decks · $54.45

Snuff Out

12% of decks · $12.98

Culling the Weak

12% of decks · $8.04

Stinging Study

11% of decks · $10.68

Sheoldred's Edict

11% of decks · $1.33

Archenemy's Charm

10% of decks · $1.09

Not Dead After All

10% of decks · $1.62

Murder

9% of decks · $0.18

Sudden Spoiling

7% of decks · $6.86

Flare of Malice

6% of decks · $3.09

Baleful Mastery

6% of decks · $2.53

Saw in Half

6% of decks · $5.72

Hero's Downfall

6% of decks · $0.33

Hagra Mauling

6% of decks

Feign Death

6% of decks · $0.79

Force of Despair

5% of decks · $7.08

Sorceries (36)

Demonic Counsel

55% of decks · $2.40

Feed the Swarm

54% of decks · $0.24

Reanimate

54% of decks · $10.11

Toxic Deluge

39% of decks · $5.17

38% of decks · $2.74

Victimize

36% of decks · $1.34

Night's Whisper

36% of decks · $6.25

Buried Alive

35% of decks · $3.61

Kindred Dominance

35% of decks · $4.94

Rise of the Dark Realms

28% of decks · $6.49

Bubbling Muck

28% of decks · $4.87

Blasphemous Edict

24% of decks · $4.13

Damnation

24% of decks · $21.01

Exsanguinate

23% of decks · $0.40

Demonic Tutor

23% of decks · $69.17

Breach the Multiverse

20% of decks · $11.31

Dread Return

14% of decks · $0.60

Mutilate

14% of decks · $2.15

Read the Bones

13% of decks · $0.29

Resentful Revelation

11% of decks · $0.22

Diabolic Tutor

10% of decks · $2.21

Living Death

10% of decks · $6.62

Torment of Hailfire

10% of decks · $36.34

Rejoin the Fight

9% of decks · $0.20

Incarnation Technique

8% of decks · $9.43

Diresight

8% of decks · $0.17

Syphon Mind

8% of decks · $0.31

Insatiable Avarice

8% of decks · $6.15

Persist

8% of decks · $0.74

Patriarch's Bidding

8% of decks · $3.70

Bloodline Bidding

6% of decks · $2.93

Decorum Dissertation

6% of decks · $5.28

Dark Deal

6% of decks · $2.21

Reign of the Pit

6% of decks · $0.20

Decree of Pain

6% of decks · $0.36

In Garruk's Wake

5% of decks · $3.17

Utility Artifacts (18)

The Darkness Crystal

52% of decks · $4.03

Lightning Greaves

40% of decks · $4.00

Urza's Incubator

38% of decks · $20.18

Herald's Horn

35% of decks · $5.82

Swiftfoot Boots

31% of decks

Bolas's Citadel

28% of decks · $16.17

Wayfarer's Bauble

21% of decks · $5.61

Whip of Erebos

17% of decks · $9.52

Expedition Map

15% of decks · $1.44

Mindcrank

12% of decks · $13.22

Elbrus, the Binding Blade

11% of decks

Palantír of Orthanc

10% of decks · $19.21

Mesmeric Orb

8% of decks · $18.03

Chronicle of Victory

7% of decks · $21.97

World Map

7% of decks · $0.28

The One Ring

6% of decks · $116.27

Commander's Plate

6% of decks · $38.74

Strionic Resonator

5% of decks · $7.50

Mana Artifacts (20)

Sol Ring

89% of decks · $1.38

Arcane Signet

67% of decks · $0.49

Throne of Eldraine

32% of decks · $29.42

Charcoal Diamond

30% of decks · $0.35

Mind Stone

25% of decks

Caged Sun

24% of decks · $3.87

Thought Vessel

23% of decks

Séance Board

22% of decks · $3.17

Thran Dynamo

19% of decks · $4.43

The Soul Stone

19% of decks · $84.20

Nyx Lotus

19% of decks · $4.71

Sceptre of Eternal Glory

18% of decks · $20.11

Gilded Lotus

16% of decks · $0.54

Patchwork Banner

12% of decks · $2.79

Fellwar Stone

12% of decks

Worn Powerstone

11% of decks · $0.38

Extraplanar Lens

11% of decks · $14.06

Gauntlet of Power

9% of decks · $4.09

Commander's Sphere

9% of decks · $0.34

Heraldic Banner

7% of decks · $0.33

Enchantments (18)

Phyrexian Arena

49% of decks · $4.26

Black Market Connections

41% of decks · $10.47

Heartless Summoning

33% of decks · $1.84

Black Market

28% of decks · $6.40

Animate Dead

23% of decks · $7.00

Ripples of Undeath

21% of decks · $8.82

Virtue of Persistence

13% of decks

Cover of Darkness

11% of decks · $21.67

Exquisite Blood

10% of decks · $40.38

Sanguine Bond

10% of decks · $7.89

Demonic Embrace

9% of decks · $0.34

Cemetery Tampering

9% of decks · $0.37

The Meathook Massacre

8% of decks · $24.67

Kaya's Ghostform

8% of decks · $1.73

Necropotence

7% of decks · $38.23

Grave Pact

6% of decks · $30.52

Phyrexian Reclamation

6% of decks · $2.86

Meathook Massacre II

5% of decks · $2.47

Planeswalkers (2)

Liliana of the Dark Realms

37% of decks · $9.30

Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

11% of decks · $0.73

Utility Lands (27)

Cabal Coffers

64% of decks

Cabal Stronghold

49% of decks

Bojuka Bog

44% of decks

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

42% of decks

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

41% of decks

Reliquary Tower

31% of decks

Crypt of Agadeem

25% of decks

Witch's Cottage

22% of decks

Temple of the False God

22% of decks

Command Beacon

20% of decks

War Room

19% of decks

Phyrexian Tower

17% of decks

Rogue's Passage

17% of decks

Westvale Abbey

16% of decks

Castle Locthwain

15% of decks

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

15% of decks

Ancient Tomb

11% of decks

Midgar, City of Mako

11% of decks

Three Tree City

9% of decks

Mortuary Mire

8% of decks

Spymaster's Vault

8% of decks

Susur Secundi, Void Altar

8% of decks

Shizo, Death's Storehouse

7% of decks

Thespian's Stage

7% of decks

Geier Reach Sanitarium

6% of decks

Deserted Temple

6% of decks

Barren Moor

5% of decks

Lands (11)

Swamp

94% of decks

Myriad Landscape

35% of decks

Fell the Profane

25% of decks

Malakir Rebirth

18% of decks

Cavern of Souls

18% of decks

Urza's Cave

16% of decks

Demolition Field

8% of decks

Command Tower

7% of decks

Snow-Covered Swamp

7% of decks

Hagra Mauling

6% of decks

Boggart Trawler

5% of decks

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2026-10-07

By a builder on Archidekt ↗$740.00

22 Creatures, 32 Lands, 6 Instants, 11 Sorceries, 21 Artifacts, 6 Enchantments, 1 Planeswalkers

2026-10-07

By a builder on Archidekt ↗$1545.00

39 Creatures, 35 Lands, 2 Instants, 2 Sorceries, 16 Artifacts, 5 Enchantments

2026-10-07

By a builder on Archidekt ↗$176.00

27 Creatures, 38 Lands, 7 Instants, 10 Sorceries, 9 Artifacts, 8 Enchantments

2026-10-07

By a builder on Archidekt ↗$822.00

30 Creatures, 36 Lands, 8 Instants, 9 Sorceries, 9 Artifacts, 7 Enchantments

2026-10-07

By a builder on Moxfield ↗$623.00

23 Creatures, 34 Lands, 10 Instants, 14 Sorceries, 11 Artifacts, 7 Enchantments

2026-10-07

By a builder on Moxfield ↗$793.00

30 Creatures, 37 Lands, 8 Instants, 12 Sorceries, 10 Artifacts, 2 Enchantments

2026-10-07

By a builder on Moxfield ↗$180.00

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