Archfiend of Ifnir
Creature — Demon
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Amonkhet Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1399
Archfiend of Ifnir turns every discarded card into a board wipe in slow motion — each discard trigger puts a -1/-1 counter on every creature your opponents control, and in the right shell that happens multiple times per turn. Five mana for a 5/4 flier is fair rate on its own; the counter engine is the reason you're here.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer casts spells directly from the graveyard by discarding, which means every spell Oskar fires off is also a trigger for Archfiend of Ifnir — the board shrinks automatically as the engine runs.
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar demands three cards discarded to cast her for free, and her ongoing gameplan churns through the hand constantly — Archfiend of Ifnir converts that mandatory discard into a -1/-1 counter clock that keeps the board clear.
Raffine, Scheming Seer
Raffine, Scheming Seer's connive trigger fires on every attack, stacking up discards across every combat step — Archfiend of Ifnir translates that into a -1/-1 counter drip that accumulates faster than opponents can rebuild.
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist cares about -1/-1 counters and discarding, making Archfiend of Ifnir a natural fit that both feeds the counter synergy and keeps the battlefield trimmed alongside Hashaton's own threats.
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath taps to loot through Madness cards at high speed, generating a discard on every activation — Archfiend of Ifnir piggybacks on that looping draw engine to shave counters off every creature at the table simultaneously.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Archfiend of Ifnir is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — banned nowhere it can be played. In Commander it does its best work, where the discard-heavy decks that want it run naturally and the multiplayer board means each counter trigger hits three opponents' creatures at once. In Pioneer and Modern the five-mana cost is the real obstacle: dedicated discard strategies exist in both formats, but paying five for a creature that needs setup to close games is a tough sell against faster threats. Legacy and Vintage give it the tools in terms of raw discard velocity, but the competition for five-mana slots is brutal and Archfiend of Ifnir rarely makes those 60-card cuts.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Archfiend of Ifnir isn't confirmed in our current feed, so check Scryfall or Card Kingdom for the live number. Given its narrow Commander niche and absence from competitive 60-card formats, it has historically sat in the budget-to-mid range — pick it up without urgency unless you're building Oskar or a dedicated discard shell right now.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.