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Lord of the Pit
Oracle Text
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than this creature. If you can't, this creature deals 7 damage to you.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Lord of the Pit is a classic black finisher for decks that can turn sacrifice into an advantage, making it best suited to a midrange or sacrifice-control game plan rather than pure aggro. A 7/7 flyer with trample for seven mana is already a serious clock, but the upkeep drawback means you need a steady supply of expendable creatures or a way to profit from losing them. Tokens, recursive threats, and death-trigger creatures are ideal partners, since they let you keep the Demon fed while converting each sacrifice into value. Cards that make repeated bodies, like recursive fodder or token engines, help prevent the self-damage clause from ever becoming relevant. In lore terms, it feels like a brutal bargain: power now, pain later unless you keep offering tribute. Build around that theme, and Lord of the Pit becomes less of a liability and more of a terrifying inevitability.
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Character Background
Lord of the Pit is a classic black finisher for decks that can turn sacrifice into an advantage, making it best suited to a midrange or sacrifice-control game plan rather than pure aggro. A 7/7 flyer with trample for seven mana is already a serious clock, but the upkeep drawback means you need a steady supply of expendable creatures or a way to profit from losing them. Tokens, recursive threats, and death-trigger creatures are ideal partners, since they let you keep the Demon fed while converting each sacrifice into value. Cards that make repeated bodies, like recursive fodder or token engines, help prevent the self-damage clause from ever becoming relevant. In lore terms, it feels like a brutal bargain: power now, pain later unless you keep offering tribute. Build around that theme, and Lord of the Pit becomes less of a liability and more of a terrifying inevitability.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 14:40:45 UTC