Archfiend of the Dross
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Flying
This creature enters with four oil counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an oil counter from this creature. Then if it has no oil counters on it, you lose the game.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, its controller loses 2 life.
What it does
Tagged as Sac payoff — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Keyword reminders
Official rulings
- If Archfiend of the Dross is no longer on the battlefield as its upkeep triggered ability resolves, use the number of oil counters it had the last time it existed on the battlefield to determine whether you lose the game. You can't remove oil counters from it if it's not on the battlefield, so you won't lose the game if it had only one oil counter on it before leaving the battlefield. (2023-02-04)
- If Archfiend of the Dross somehow loses all of its oil counters due to an effect other than its upkeep triggered ability, this won't cause you to lose the game until the next time that ability resolves. (2023-02-04)
Printings & prices
Every set Archfiend of the Dross has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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