---
name: "Slag Fiend"
mana_cost: "{R}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Construct"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "NPH-95"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mike Bierek"
oracle_id: "4c5e38ca-39d7-4e27-8bb7-687d86fd67c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slag-fiend-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Slag Fiend
- **Mana Cost:** `{R}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Construct
- **Power/Toughness:** */*

## Oracle Text
Slag Fiend's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifact cards in all graveyards.

> *"Seal the furnace vents. Admit no others. We'll tend our forges without their tainted ways."
—Decree of Urabrask*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Salvage Slasher](/printing/salvage-slasher-con.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Rogue
2. [Scrapyard Salvo](/printing/scrapyard-salvo-nph.md) — Sorcery
3. [Roaring Slagwurm](/printing/roaring-slagwurm-dst.md) — Creature — Wurm
4. [Slag Strider](/printing/slag-strider-j21.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Slobad, Iron Goblin](/printing/slobad-iron-goblin-one.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Goblin Artificer
6. [Molder Slug](/printing/molder-slug-plst.md) — Creature — Slug Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #NPH-95
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mike Bierek
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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