Demogorgon's Clutches
Sorcery
Target opponent discards two cards, mills two cards, and loses 2 life. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #16585
Demogorgon's Clutches hits two targets at once — discard two cards and create a 3/3 Demon token — for four mana at sorcery speed. Solid rate for discard-synergy shells, dead weight everywhere else.
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 the natural home for Demogorgon's Clutches — four mana hits two opponents simultaneously, which keeps the card-disadvantage math tolerable in a four-player game while still producing a body. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer the card is legal but irrelevant; any format with Thoughtseize and Fatal Push available has no reason to pay four mana at sorcery speed for an imprecise discard effect. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer math and can use it similarly, though the smaller table shrinks the two-target upside.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Demogorgon's Clutches sits firmly in bulk territory with no pressure pushing it higher. It does exactly what a $0.25 card should — fills a role in casual discard builds without asking you to invest.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.