---
name: "Archfiend of Despair"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}{B}"
cmc: 8
type_line: "Creature — Demon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "137"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Josh Hass"
oracle_id: "9c36760b-57c5-488b-afc9-ef141942c6ab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archfiend-of-despair-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Archfiend of Despair
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{B}{B}` (CMC: 8)
- **Type:** Creature — Demon
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Your opponents can't gain life.
At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Archfiend of the Dross](/printing/archfiend-of-the-dross-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Demon
2. [Archfiend of Spite](/printing/archfiend-of-spite-c19.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Emissary of Despair](/printing/emissary-of-despair-dst.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Archfiend of Sorrows](/printing/archfiend-of-sorrows-plst.md) — Creature — Demon
5. [Archfiend of Depravity](/printing/archfiend-of-depravity-scd.md) — Creature — Demon
6. [Psychomancer](/printing/psychomancer-40k.md) — Artifact Creature — Necron Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #137
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Josh Hass
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`