Demonic Embrace
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+1, has flying, and is a Demon in addition to its other types.
You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying 3 life and discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7205
Demonic Embrace turns any big creature into a flying, menace threat for three mana — and when it hits the graveyard, you can staple it right back on for three life instead of three mana. On a commander like Yargle and Multani, that's a 36/12 with evasion that your opponents have to answer twice before the aura even blinks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yargle and Multani
Yargle and Multani is already a one-shot commander kill waiting for a way through, and Demonic Embrace delivers flying and menace on a body that swings for lethal the turn it connects — the graveyard recursion means removal on the aura barely slows you down.
Eriette, the Beguiler
Eriette, the Beguiler drains opponents for each enchantment you control and wants cheap auras to stick on creatures early; Demonic Embrace fills that role and keeps coming back from the graveyard, generating repeated drain triggers without spending additional mana.
Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Kotis, the Fangkeeper cares about equipping and suiting up creatures, and Demonic Embrace offers a self-recurring aura that never truly leaves the battlefield equation — the near-zero long-term cost makes it a reliable threat multiplier in that shell.
Killian, Ink Duelist
Killian, Ink Duelist reduces the cost of spells that target creatures, which means Demonic Embrace hits the battlefield for just one mana — a discount that makes the already-efficient aura essentially free on a commander that wants to go wide with enchantments.
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate runs creatures with power 2 or less that punch above their weight, and Demonic Embrace stacks flying and menace onto those small bodies to turn them into genuine threats; the graveyard recursion synergizes naturally with Alesha's reanimation-heavy game plan.
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 |
In Commander, Demonic Embrace earns its slot by being both a threat enabler and a graveyard-recursive resource — two things the format rewards heavily. The three-life buy-back is nearly free in a 40-life format, so the aura functions more like a permanent stat boost than a traditional enchantment. In Modern and Pioneer, Demonic Embrace has seen play in aggressive black strategies that want a resilient top-end threat with built-in evasion, particularly in decks that can fill the graveyard fast. Legacy gives it access to even faster enablers, though the competition from more broken threats keeps it a fringe inclusion there. Across every legal format, the card's floor is high — a recursive evasion aura that costs three mana once and life forever after is always worth evaluating.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Demonic Embrace isn't currently available in our database, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the most accurate current figure. Given its cross-format playability and graveyard recursion, it tends to hold modest value relative to comparable auras — worth picking up if you spot it at bulk rates.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.