Dread Cacodemon
Creature — Demon
When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all creatures your opponents control, then tap all other creatures you control.
- CMC
- 10
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Arena Anthology 4
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12897
Dread Cacodemon enters, destroys every creature your opponents control, and taps everything they have left — that's a one-card board wipe plus a soft lock stapled to a 8/8 body. The problem is the ten-mana base cost, which means it only sees real play in shells that can cheat it into play or slash that number dramatically, like Rakdos, Lord of Riots.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots reduces creature costs by the damage dealt to opponents that turn, which routinely puts Dread Cacodemon into the two-to-four mana range — at that price, a board wipe stapled to a massive body is an easy include, and the 19% inclusion rate reflects exactly that math.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dread Cacodemon is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and multiplayer damage totals are the only context where paying ten mana, or engineering a steep discount, is a realistic proposition. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never played; ten mana for a creature with no protection and no immediate threat to non-creature permanents is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where it could appear in a cost-reduction shell, but the card pools are narrow enough that better options usually exist. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Dread Cacodemon isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its niche role as a cost-reduction payoff rather than a universal staple, it has historically stayed affordable — budget Rakdos, Lord of Riots players have always been able to pick one up without much friction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.