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Lagomos, Hand of Hatred

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 2/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
{T}: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if five or more creatures died this turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{B}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Dominaria United
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2957
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Lagomos, Hand of Hatred card art
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred produces a free 5/3 hasty Devil every upkeep with almost no setup — the cost is feeding it a sacrifice every turn, which decks running Juri, Master of the Revue or Breath of Fury treat as a feature rather than a drawback. If your deck already wants bodies dying, this is an engine; if it doesn't, the cost is real.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Juri, Master of the Revue

Juri, Master of the Revue

60.9% of decks · synergy 0.54

Juri, Master of the Revue grows every time something dies, so the sacrifice Lagomos, Hand of Hatred demands each upkeep is pure upside — you're trading a Devil to pump Juri and then replace it with another Devil the following turn.

02
Akul the Unrepentant

Akul the Unrepentant

55.6% of decks · synergy 0.49

Akul the Unrepentant wants a steady supply of creatures dying to trigger its exploit-adjacent abilities, and Lagomos, Hand of Hatred delivers a fresh 5/3 each upkeep to feed that machine without ever running dry.

03
Mishra, Claimed by Gix

Mishra, Claimed by Gix

53.4% of decks · synergy 0.47

Mishra, Claimed by Gix rewards combat aggression, and the hasty Devils that Lagomos, Hand of Hatred generates can attack immediately and then be cashed in to keep the sacrifice triggers flowing turn after turn.

04
Shadow the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog

52.8% of decks · synergy 0.46

Shadow the Hedgehog's Chaos Control mechanic punishes opponents for blocking or losing creatures, and Lagomos, Hand of Hatred supplies a relentless stream of hasty attackers that force those decisions every single turn.

05
Goro-Goro and Satoru

Goro-Goro and Satoru

33.7% of decks · synergy 0.32

Goro-Goro and Satoru rewards attacking with multiple creatures and creates Dragon tokens when you connect with something new, so the 5/3 hasty Devil Lagomos, Hand of Hatred generates each upkeep slots directly into that attack-every-turn pressure plan.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Lagomos, Hand of Hatred earns its reputation — the repeating engine scales across a 40-life game, and Rakdos sacrifice shells always have something expendable to feed it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no competitive home; the sacrifice clause is too slow against the tempo of those formats and the payoff doesn't match what those decks are doing. Modern and Pioneer are similarly uninterested — the power ceiling is tied to accumulation over multiple turns, which aggro and midrange formats punish harshly. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card exception worth noting: if you're running a Rakdos planeswalker, Lagomos, Hand of Hatred can serve as a signature spell-adjacent engine, though the timing restrictions around upkeep triggers limit its ceiling there too.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Breath of FuryLagomos, Hand of Hatred

Breath of FuryLagomos, Hand of Hatred

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Lagomos, Hand of Hatred isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred vendor for the current market rate. Given its inclusion across multiple high-volume Commander archetypes, it tends not to sit in bargain bins for long — worth picking up if you're building any Rakdos sacrifice shell.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.