Archfiend of Sorrows
Archfiend of Sorrows: Creature - Demon, Modern Horizons 2. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Creature - Demon
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 4/5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Collector number
- 74
- Artist
- David Rapoza
- Commander rank
- 14,880 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Unearth
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About Archfiend of Sorrows
Archfiend of Sorrows is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 74 in that set, with art by David Rapoza. It costs {5}{B}{B} (five generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from The List (2020) to Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Flying
When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Unearth {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Archfiend of Sorrows by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Archfiend of Sorrows
Archfiend of Sorrows has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MH2-74 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #285 | Uncommon | 2021 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Archfiend of Sorrows, newest first.
- If a creature returned to the battlefield by the unearth ability would leave it for any reason, it's exiled instead-unless the spell or ability that's causing the creature to leave the battlefield is actually trying to exile it. In that case, the spell or ability succeeds at exiling the creature. If the spell or ability later returns the creature card to the battlefield (as Ephemerate might, for example), the creature card will return as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The unearth effect will no longer apply to it.
- Activating a creature card's unearth ability isn't the same as casting the creature card. The unearth ability is put on the stack, but the creature card is not. Spells and abilities that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle) will interact with unearth, but spells and abilities that interact with spells (such as Cancel) will not.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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