Font of Agonies
Enchantment
Whenever you pay life, put that many blood counters on this enchantment.
, Remove four blood counters from this enchantment: Destroy target creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.62
- EDHREC rank
- #5488
Font of Agonies turns life payment into a repeatable removal engine — four blood counters means destroy any creature, and in a format full of fetchlands, Phyrexian mana, and life-paying commanders, those counters stack fast. Licia, Sanguine Tribune decks run it as a matter of course; anywhere you're already bleeding for value, Font of Agonies converts that cost into targeted removal at near-zero additional investment.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Licia, Sanguine Tribune
Licia, Sanguine Tribune pays life constantly to reduce her own cost and attacks into a life-gain engine, making Font of Agonies a natural fit that charges itself just by playing the deck's game plan.
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth substitutes life for black mana on virtually every spell, generating blood counters on Font of Agonies at a pace no other commander can match — a single active K'rrik turn can arm the Font for multiple kills.
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor incentivizes combat damage and opponent life loss, and the incidental life payment from Gix's own activated ability feeds Font of Agonies steadily throughout the game.
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn operates in a life-payment-heavy shell where Font of Agonies provides the removal density needed to protect a commander that wants to stay on the battlefield and accumulate value.
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Valgavoth, Terror Eater punishes opponents for spending life and wants to keep the board clear of blockers, making Font of Agonies a cheap removal piece that charges itself off the same life-loss triggers the deck is already engineering.
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 |
Font of Agonies is a Commander card in practice — the format's longer games, life-paying commanders, and fetchland-heavy mana bases all conspire to fill it with blood counters faster than any 60-card format can manage. In Modern and Pioneer, the one-mana setup cost and the four-counter threshold are simply too slow against proactive threats; better targeted removal exists at the same price point. Legacy and Vintage offer the life-payment density to charge it quickly, but those formats have access to far more efficient removal and Font of Agonies will rarely make the cut. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 100-card format where a life-paying signature spell could make this playable, but the card lives and dies in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.62 bulk tier
At $0.62, Font of Agonies is bulk, and for a card with a 51% inclusion rate in its top Commander archetype that price isn't going anywhere meaningful. It's a free pickup alongside any order — there's no reason to hesitate at this price tier.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Licia, Sanguine Tribune
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
- G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
- Valgavoth, Terror Eater
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.