Devils' Playground
Sorcery
Create four 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #15204
Devils' Playground drops eight 1/1 Devil tokens with a built-in burn trigger — sixteen damage waiting to happen the moment they hit anything. Six mana is steep, but Raphael, Fiendish Savior turns every one of those tokens into a lifelink, deathtouch body, which transforms a token-generation spell into a board-dominating threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
Raphael, Fiendish Savior grants every Devil token deathtouch and lifelink the moment Devils' Playground resolves, meaning all eight bodies trade up with anything on the board and swing your life total by double digits in a single attack.
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider draws a card for each Devil token that enters under your control, so Devils' Playground effectively reads 'draw eight cards' on top of the token payload — an absurd rate that makes Zurzoth one of the card's best homes.
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 |
Devils' Playground is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer environment rewards the wide token swarm because eight bodies spread across three opponents is far more threatening than against a single blocker. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact at six mana to earn a slot over more efficient payoffs. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but would never touch it. Commander is the format where Devil tribal synergies, aristocrats engines, and token doublers make the ceiling high enough to justify the cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Devils' Playground is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or in a collection lot. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb without a high-profile reprint or a breakout deck, so expect the price to stay in this range.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Raphael, Fiendish Savior
- Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.