Goremand
Creature — Demon
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Flying
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
When this creature enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #13488
Goremand enters as a 7/6 trample and forces your opponent to sacrifice three creatures — a Threaten-sized board disruption stapled to a massive body. The cost is real: you have to sacrifice three creatures yourself, so it belongs in decks that are already generating fodder, not fair midrange piles.
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 |
Commander is where Goremand belongs — sacrifice synergies are everywhere in the format, and a one-sided Barter in Blood effect that also drops a 7/6 trample is backbreaking against creature-centric strategies. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the six-mana cost is simply too slow; faster formats have no interest in a creature that asks you to pay a steep additional price before the game is even close to stabilized. Vintage has the raw power to accelerate into it, but better finishers exist. Stick to Commander, specifically in shells where sacrificing three creatures is trivial or even beneficial.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Goremand is firmly bulk — a price that reflects its narrow playability rather than any lack of power. It's unlikely to climb without a dedicated reprint or a breakout Commander pairing, but at that cost it's a near-free inclusion in any black sacrifice deck that can meet its threshold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.