Archfiend of Ifnir
Archfiend of Ifnir: Creature - Demon, Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Demon
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 5/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Collector number
- 70
- Artist
- Seb McKinnon
- Commander rank
- 1,299 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Cycling
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About Archfiend of Ifnir
Archfiend of Ifnir is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC), a Commander product released in January 2026. It is collector number 70 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.54 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.54 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Archfiend of Ifnir by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Archfiend of Ifnir
Archfiend of Ifnir has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #86 | Rare | 2025 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #91 | Rare | 2020 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #64422 | Rare | 2017 |
| Amonkhet (AKH) #78 | Rare | 2017 |
| Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #78 | Rare | 2017 |
| Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #78s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Archfiend of Ifnir, newest first.
- An ability that triggers whenever you "cycle or discard" a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability "Whenever you discard a card" is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.
- Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.
- An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn't give you permission to discard cards. You'll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.
- If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Archfiend of Ifnir is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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