Soulcage Fiend
Creature — Demon
When this creature dies, each player loses 3 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #20823
Soulcage Fiend hits the table as a 3/2 for three mana — respectable stats — but when it dies, each opponent loses 3 life, making it punishing to block and awkward to remove. The catch is that losing it also costs you 3 life, so it belongs in decks that want creatures dying, not decks that just need a body.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Soulcage Fiend is a niche role-player in aristocrats and death-trigger builds, where the 3-life loss on death becomes a repeatable drain across three opponents — 9 life total if you sac it at will. Pauper is the format where it sees the most competitive consideration, as a 3/2 with a relevant death trigger is above the power floor at common. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; the effect is too slow and the stats too modest to compete at those speeds. It's a legal card in Oathbreaker and Modern, but neither format provides a shell that makes Soulcage Fiend worth the slot over more efficient threats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Soulcage Fiend is deep bulk — grab a playset for under a dollar and don't think twice. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price tier don't move unless a deck or format breaks them out, and nothing on the horizon suggests that's coming for this card.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.