Boris Devilboon
Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
, 
: Create a 1/1 black and red Demon creature token named Minor Demon.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $27.01
- EDHREC rank
- #28415
Boris Devilboon enters with a Minor Demon token and generates another every turn it survives — a steady drip of 1/1 flyers that compounds quickly in a token or aristocrats shell. The catch is five mana for a 3/3 with no protection, which makes it a removal magnet before it ever untaps.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Boris Devilboon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only meaningfully shows up in Commander, where five-mana value engines have room to breathe. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a 3/3 that needs to untap to do anything — no competitive shell wants it. In Commander it slots into Rakdos token strategies or aristocrats builds that can exploit the repeating demon production, though it competes hard for a slot against commanders that generate value on a faster clock.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If the token-per-turn effect is what you're after, Ophiomancer does it for less and on every opponent's end step too — it's a fraction of the price and harder to ignore. Boris Devilboon's demon typing and the fact that it starts the engine immediately on entry give it a narrow edge in tribal or demon-matters builds, but outside that context Ophiomancer is the cleaner include.
Price Context
Current price
$27.01 premium tier
At $27.01, Boris Devilboon sits in premium territory driven almost entirely by its status as a Reserved List card from Legends — the gameplay demand alone would never justify this price. It holds value as a collectible, but as a Commander piece it is deeply outclassed by cheaper alternatives at every price point.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.