Liege of the Pit
Creature — Demon
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than this creature. If you can't, this creature deals 7 damage to you.
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.61
- EDHREC rank
- #16054
Liege of the Pit lands as a 7/7 flying trample for seven mana — the kind of stat line that ends games — but it punishes you every upkeep if you can't sacrifice a creature to feed it. Jon Irenicus, Shattered One turns that liability into a weapon by gifting the Liege to an opponent, making their upkeep the problem.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One donates Liege of the Pit to an opponent, flipping the mandatory sacrifice trigger from a drawback into a political and mechanical hammer that steadily dismantles their board while you watch.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Liege of the Pit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive footprint outside Commander is essentially zero — seven mana for a creature with a punishing upkeep cost doesn't survive contact with the faster, leaner threats those formats demand. In Commander, it's a narrow inclusion almost entirely justified by Jon Irenicus, Shattered One, where the donate synergy reframes the card's downside as the whole point. Outside that shell, a 7/7 flying trampler with an attached sacrifice tax is just a clunky finisher that better options outclass at every price point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.61 bulk tier
At $0.61, Liege of the Pit is firmly bulk — low enough that picking one up for a Jon Irenicus, Shattered One build costs nothing meaningful. Demand is too narrow to expect the price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.