Archdemon of Unx
Creature — Demon
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a non-Zombie creature, then create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #24954
Archdemon of Unx lands as a 6/6 flyer with trample and immediately starts converting your Zombies into more Zombies every upkeep — a self-sustaining engine on a single card. The catch is the upkeep cost: if you can't sacrifice a Zombie, you lose 6 life, which punishes any build that can't keep the board stocked.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Archdemon of Unx is essentially a Commander card — the tribal synergies and grind-oriented upkeep trigger only matter in a multiplayer game long enough to cash in on repeated Zombie production. In Legacy and Vintage, a six-mana 6/6 that does nothing the turn it enters is far too slow, and neither format has the Zombie-token density to justify the risk of the upkeep cost. Commander is where Archdemon of Unx earns its slot, specifically in dedicated Zombie tribal builds where the token generation is a repeatable value engine rather than a fragile gimmick.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Archdemon of Unx sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card with real utility in the right shell. Bulk rares at this price rarely move unless a reprint causes a spike or a new Commander product puts them in a precon spotlight, so expect the price to stay right where it is.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.