Demonic Rising
Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, if you control exactly one creature, create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #24187
Demonic Rising gives you a free 5/5 flying demon at the end of every turn you control exactly one creature — the threat is enormous and the mana cost is zero once the enchantment is down. Five mana to cast is the real price of admission, and the "exactly one creature" condition means the card actively fights your own board development.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Demonic Rising — five mana is manageable, and the singleton format makes it easier to build around the "exactly one creature" restriction using sacrifice outlets, blink effects, or voltron strategies that never wanted a wide board anyway. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested; five mana for a conditional token engine competes against formats with far faster and less fragile win conditions. Oathbreaker can support it in the same way Commander does, particularly with a black planeswalker that manages the battlefield naturally.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Demonic Rising is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely climb without a spike in competitive play, and nothing about this card's format legality suggests that's coming.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.