Painwracker Oni
Creature — Demon Spirit
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature if you don't control an Ogre.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #19215
Painwracker Oni hits the board as a 6/4 trampler for five mana — above-rate stats for the cost. The catch is a mandatory upkeep sacrifice of a Demon or Ogre you control, which makes it a liability in any deck that doesn't plan around feeding it; Jon Irenicus, Shattered One is the cleanest answer, since you're gifting the Oni to an opponent and letting their upkeep trigger become their problem.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
Jon Irenicus, Shattered One donates Painwracker Oni to an opponent, flipping the upkeep sacrifice from a drawback you manage into a clock your opponent has to solve — they either sacrifice their own permanents to feed it or take the damage, while you've already drawn cards off the gift trigger.
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 |
Painwracker Oni sees virtually no play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — the formats are too fast and the Demon or Ogre dependency too narrow for a five-mana creature that demands ongoing support. Commander is where Painwracker Oni has its only real home, and even there it's a build-around piece rather than a generically good card. The Jon Irenicus, Shattered One archetype is the one shell that actively wants it, weaponizing the drawback as part of a donation package rather than trying to support it with a tribal subtheme.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Painwracker Oni is deep bulk — pick it up for pennies whenever you're building the Jon Irenicus, Shattered One list that wants it. Demand is too narrow for the price to move in any meaningful direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.