Mogis, God of Slaughter
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black and red is less than seven, Mogis isn't a creature.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Mogis deals 2 damage to that player unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $8.07
- EDHREC rank
- #2405
Mogis, God of Slaughter puts opponents on a two-damage-per-turn clock that most tables can't ignore — sacrifice an attacker or take the hit, neither option is free. At four mana in Rakdos, it's the kind of enchantment-creature that demands an answer before your other threats close the game, and in group slug shells alongside Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls or as a Worldfire-adjacent punisher, it earns its slot on raw inevitability alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wants opponents bleeding at every opportunity, and Mogis, God of Slaughter delivers a mandatory two damage or a creature sacrifice every upkeep — both outcomes feed Valgavoth's triggered draw engine and keep the pressure cascading.
The Lord of Pain
The Lord of Pain turns every instance of damage opponents deal to themselves into card draw and life loss for everyone, so Mogis, God of Slaughter's forced two-damage pings become a repeating resource engine rather than just a clock.
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General builds a Minotaur tribal board, and Mogis, God of Slaughter slots in as both a thematically on-tribe enchantment-creature and a passive punisher that forces sacrifice decisions that protect Sethron's attackers.
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue thrives when opponents are being nickeled-and-dimed from multiple angles, and Mogis, God of Slaughter's upkeep trigger pairs with Zoyowa's own discard pressure to make every opponent's turn a lose-lose resource negotiation.
Esika, God of the Tree
Esika, God of the Tree runs Mogis, God of Slaughter primarily through the Prismatic Bridge line, where God density matters and Mogis pulls double duty as an indestructible body and a persistent punishment engine once devotion is online.
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 Mogis, God of Slaughter genuinely thrives — four opponents means four separate upkeep triggers, and the math compounds fast in group slug, Rakdos punisher, or devotion-to-black builds. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, Mogis is legal but rarely played; four mana for a conditional enchantment-creature is too slow against the interaction density those formats demand, and the trigger resolves far too late in most games. Vintage has the same problem at an even more extreme power ceiling. Oathbreaker offers another Commander-adjacent home where the group dynamic makes the upkeep trigger meaningful again, particularly as a signature spell target for a life-loss planeswalker.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
WorldfireMogis, God of Slaughter
Each opponent loses the game; Exile all cards in hands and graveyards; Exile all permanents; Near-infinite lifeloss; Mass Land Denial
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Captive Audience and Tainted Remedy both apply relentless pressure at lower price points, though neither matches the indestructible body that makes Mogis, God of Slaughter so hard to cleanly answer. If you want the repeating upkeep-drain pattern without the God price tag, Torment of Hailfire as a finisher or Citadel of Pain for the forced-action angle cover most of the same ground at a fraction of the cost — just without the devotion payoff.
Price Context
Current price
$8.07 mid tier
At $8.07, Mogis, God of Slaughter sits in the mid tier — affordable enough to include without budget anguish, expensive enough that you want to be certain the shell calls for it. Indestructible enchantment-creatures from the Theros block have held value steadily, and Mogis's role in group slug and devotion builds keeps demand consistent enough that the price is unlikely to collapse.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.