Fiend Artisan

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Fiend Artisan: Creature - Nightmare, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B/G}{B/G}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Nightmare
Colour identity
Black and green (BG)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released
2020-04-24
Collector number
220
Artist
Yigit Koroglu
Commander rank
4,335 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Fiend Artisan

Fiend Artisan is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black and green creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 220 in that set, with art by Yigit Koroglu. It costs {B/G}{B/G} to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to Special Guests (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.64 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

This creature gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.

{X}{B/G}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.64 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Fiend Artisan by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Fiend Artisan

Fiend Artisan has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Special Guests (SPG) #83Mythic2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1645Mythic2024
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1645★Mythic2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80855Mythic2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #350Mythic2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #220pMythic2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #220sMythic2020

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Fiend Artisan, newest first.

  • Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Fiend Artisan may become lethal if creature cards leave your graveyard during that turn.
  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • Fiend Artisan's first ability applies only while it's on the battlefield.

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