Is Daemogoth Woe-Eater good in Commander?

Daemogoth Woe-Eater in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Daemogoth Woe-Eater puts an 11/9 trample/lifelink body on the board for four mana — the catch is that it forces you to sacrifice a creature whenever you draw a card. In decks built around The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride or similar sacrifice engines, that downside is the point, not the problem.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride

59.4% of decks · synergy 0.57

The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride turns the draw-trigger sacrifice of Daemogoth Woe-Eater into pure acceleration — saddle Gitrog with Woe-Eater, and the creatures you're forced to feed become landfall fuel and card advantage on the way to the graveyard.

02

Ziatora, the Incinerator

29.9% of decks · synergy 0.27

Ziatora, the Incinerator wants large bodies to fling for massive damage, and Daemogoth Woe-Eater's 11 power makes it one of the best fling targets in the format — the forced sacrifice clause is irrelevant when Ziatora is doing the sacrificing on its own terms.

03

Henzie "Toolbox" Torre

20.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Henzie "Toolbox" Torre cheats Daemogoth Woe-Eater into play at a discount via blitz, which means you're already planning to let it die at end of turn — the draw-and-sacrifice downside barely matters when the creature was never intended to stick around.

04

Dina, Essence Brewer

18.8% of decks · synergy 0.16

Dina, Essence Brewer drains opponents whenever you gain life, so Daemogoth Woe-Eater's lifelink turns every combat into a drain trigger — the sacrificed creatures can then be recurred or exploited further in Dina's graveyard-synergy shell.

05

Kresh the Bloodbraided

13.0% of decks · synergy 0.10

Kresh the Bloodbraided grows a counter for every creature that dies, so Daemogoth Woe-Eater's forced sacrifice clause actively pumps Kresh rather than punishing you — a deck that was already stacking counters on Kresh welcomes the extra death triggers.

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

Commander is where Daemogoth Woe-Eater belongs — the format's slower pace and sacrifice-synergy commanders convert the downside into an engine. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's simply unplayable competitively: a four-mana 11/9 sounds appealing until you realize those formats punish you for telegraphing a large creature and then watching it complicate your card draw every subsequent turn. Oathbreaker is legal but irrelevant; the 60-card formats lack the graveyard and sacrifice infrastructure that make Daemogoth Woe-Eater worth the tension. Treat this as a Commander-only card.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.27 bulk tier

At $0.27, Daemogoth Woe-Eater is firmly bulk, and given its narrow application outside of specific Commander archetypes, that price is accurate and unlikely to move. Pick up copies freely — there's no financial risk, and it's a genuine role-player in the decks that want it.