---
name: "Asmodeus the Archfiend"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Devil God"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PAFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos"
collector_number: "88s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Aleksi Briclot"
oracle_id: "1e4032f6-9741-4845-9325-781c9e489172"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/asmodeus-the-archfiend-pafr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Asmodeus the Archfiend
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Devil God
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6

## Oracle Text
Binding Contract — If you would draw a card, exile the top card of your library face down instead.
{B}{B}{B}: Draw seven cards.
{B}: Return all cards exiled with Asmodeus to their owner's hand and you lose that much life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infernal Contract](/printing/infernal-contract-7ed.md) — Sorcery
2. [Damnable Pact](/printing/damnable-pact-c17.md) — Sorcery
3. [Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver](/printing/ashiok-nightmare-weaver-pio.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
4. [Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator](/printing/ashiok-wicked-manipulator-pwoe.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
5. [Eldritch Pact](/printing/eldritch-pact-clb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Ashiok, Nightmare Muse](/printing/ashiok-nightmare-muse-thb.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Ashiok

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR) #88s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Aleksi Briclot
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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