The Lord of Pain

The Lord of Pain: Legendary Creature - Human Assassin, black and red. Commander deck ideas, the average deck, staples and synergies on Mana Grove.

Type
Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
Colour identity
Black and red (BR)
Mana cost
{3}{B}{R}
Mana value
5
Power / toughness
5/5
Keywords
Menace

About The Lord of Pain

The Lord of Pain is a Magic: The Gathering commander, printed as Legendary Creature - Human Assassin. Its colour identity is black and red, so a deck led by The Lord of Pain may run only cards whose colour identity is black and red or colourless. It costs {3}{B}{R} (three generic, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its keywords are Menace. The cards other players run most often with The Lord of Pain include Dragonskull Summit, Kaervek the Merciless and Blasphemous Act; the 20 most common are listed below with how often they appear.

Card text

Menace

Your opponents can't gain life.

Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.

Staples in The Lord of Pain decks

The cards that appear most often in The Lord of Pain decks, ranked by how many of those decks run them. Each links to the card's own page with its printings, price and legality.

Source: public Commander decklists, including tournament decklists from TopDeck.gg. Data updated .

Includes data from TopDeck.gg

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