---
name: "Defiling Daemogoth"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Demon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Menace"]
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "25"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Quintin Gleim"
oracle_id: "d3f7095a-b287-4858-9d08-242cf18e87cb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defiling-daemogoth-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Defiling Daemogoth
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Demon
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Menace

## Oracle Text
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Daemogoth Woe-Eater](/printing/daemogoth-woe-eater-stx.md) — Creature — Demon
2. [Soulcage Fiend](/printing/soulcage-fiend-j22.md) — Creature — Demon
3. [Etched Host Doombringer](/printing/etched-host-doombringer-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Demon
4. [Archfiend of Despair](/printing/archfiend-of-despair-bbd.md) — Creature — Demon
5. [Archfiend of Spite](/printing/archfiend-of-spite-c19.md) — Creature — Demon
6. [Takenuma Bleeder](/printing/takenuma-bleeder-j22.md) — Creature — Ogre Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #25
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Quintin Gleim
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`