Demonic Appetite
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature you control
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24838
Demonic Appetite gives a creature +2/+2 for one black mana, which is real pressure at instant speed — but it eats one of your permanents at your upkeep every turn until you sacrifice a creature willingly. That recurring tax makes it a build-around, not a free buff, and outside decks that want to feed the engine it's a liability.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Demonic Appetite belongs in sacrifice-value shells where the upkeep cost is a feature — Aristocrats commanders like Sheoldred, Whispering One or Judith, the Scourge Diva turn every mandatory sacrifice into a trigger. In Pauper, it sees fringe play in mono-black aggro builds that can close games before the tax accumulates, though better aura options usually edge it out. Legacy and Vintage are too fast and too redundant for a fragile one-mana aura with a drawback string attached. Demonic Appetite rewards decks that already want creatures dying on a schedule; everywhere else, the cost outpaces the benefit.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Demonic Appetite is deep bulk — every copy you need costs less than a sleeve. That price is stable by nature: there's no competitive demand to push it, and casual demand is niche enough that it won't spike.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.