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Xathrid Demon

Creature — Demon

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than this creature, then each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power. If you can't sacrifice a creature, tap this creature and you lose 7 life.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Magic 2010
Price
$0.68
EDHREC rank
#17837
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Xathrid Demon card art
Xathrid Demon threatens to end the game on its own — a 7/6 flying trampler that can dome opponents for their entire life total if you pair it with something like Serra Avatar. The cost is real: skip the sacrifice or run out of creatures and it turns on you immediately, making it a liability in any deck that can't reliably feed it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Xathrid Demon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees meaningful play in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a seven-mana creature with a punishing upkeep when faster, cleaner threats exist. In Commander, Xathrid Demon slots into sacrifice-matters decks and reanimator shells where the upkeep cost becomes a feature — sacrificing tokens or recursive creatures each turn while threatening exponential life loss to opponents.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.68 bulk tier

At $0.68, Xathrid Demon is firmly bulk — a casual card priced accordingly. It won't appreciate unless a Commander precon or combo breakout pushes demand, so grab it cheap if the shell fits and don't expect the price to move.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.