Cackling Fiend
Creature — Zombie
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20484
Cackling Fiend hits the table and immediately strips a card from every opponent's hand — three discards in a four-player pod for four mana and a 2/2 body that sticks around. It's not an efficient rate by itself, but in dedicated discard strategies the on-entry trigger is the whole reason you're here.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cackling Fiend is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and it's almost exclusively a Commander card — the multiplayer math is the only thing that makes a four-mana 2/2 with a single discard worth considering. In Pauper it's technically playable at common, but dedicated discard shells there run faster, cheaper options and have little use for a top-end creature at this cost. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at any price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Cackling Fiend is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a common box, not a store page. Bulk commons don't appreciate; run it because it fits the deck, not because you expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.