Reiver Demon
Creature — Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all nonartifact, nonblack creatures. They can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic
- Price
- $1.27
- EDHREC rank
- #10223
Reiver Demon enters the battlefield and wipes every non-black, non-artifact creature your opponents control — a one-sided board wipe stapled to an 8/8 flying trampler. Eight mana is steep, but K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth can pay six of it in life, turning a late-game bomb into a turn-four threat that also clears the board.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth converts Reiver Demon's heavy black pip cost into a life payment, letting you cast it several turns ahead of schedule while the board wipe arrives before opponents can answer it.
Ardyn, the Usurper
Ardyn, the Usurper cares about creatures dying and generating value from mass removal, making Reiver Demon's one-sided wipe a clean way to trigger that engine while leaving your own permanents untouched.
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 |
Commander is where Reiver Demon actually sees play — the format's slower pace makes eight mana reachable, and a one-sided wipe that leaves your black and artifact creatures standing is a meaningful advantage in a four-player game. In Legacy and Vintage it's a non-starter; both formats end before you untap with eight mana, and there are no redundant payoffs to justify the slot. Oathbreaker is theoretically legal but suffers the same speed problem as the eternal formats — Reiver Demon belongs in the 100-card, longer-game context where its enters-the-battlefield trigger can actually reshape a board state.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.27 cheap tier
At $1.27, Reiver Demon sits comfortably in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to pick up without deliberation. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb, but for the decks that want it, the cost-to-impact ratio is hard to argue with.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.