---
name: "Archfiend of Sorrows"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Demon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Unearth"]
set: "MH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "David Rapoza"
oracle_id: "fe84966e-0f0c-4df8-b61c-e9693492dfd8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/archfiend-of-sorrows-mh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Archfiend of Sorrows
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Demon
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/5
- **Keywords:** Flying, Unearth

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Unearth {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shefet Archfiend](/printing/shefet-archfiend-dft.md) — Creature — Demon
2. [Demon of Dark Schemes](/printing/demon-of-dark-schemes-klr.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Archfiend of Depravity](/printing/archfiend-of-depravity-scd.md) — Creature — Demon
4. [Archfiend of Despair](/printing/archfiend-of-despair-bbd.md) — Creature — Demon
5. [Extractor Demon](/printing/extractor-demon-cma.md) — Creature — Demon
6. [Havoc Demon](/printing/havoc-demon-ema.md) — Creature — Demon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #74
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** David Rapoza
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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