Archfiend of the Dross
Phyrexia: All Will Be One 434 • rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Collector number
- 434
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Sidharth Chaturvedi
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Archfiend of the Dross was released in 2023 as part of the Phyrexia: All Will Be One set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. The card serves as a representative of the Phyrexian faction, a biomechanical collective defined by their pursuit of perfection through forced assimilation. It was designed to function as a high-risk, high-reward creature, featuring a powerful combat presence balanced by a restrictive condition that forces the player to manage its longevity carefully.
The artwork was commissioned from Sidharth Chaturvedi, who emphasized the grotesque and corrupted aesthetic central to the Phyrexian plane. Chaturvedi’s rendering captures the creature’s imposing and decaying nature, reflecting the set's broader theme of oily, metallic horror. Upon its release, the card was noted by players for its efficiency in aggressive deck archetypes, quickly becoming a staple in formats where its unique ability to impact the board state can be maximized before the card's drawback takes effect.
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