Card
Mayhem Devil
Mana cost {1}{B}{R}
Creature — Devil 3/3
Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Part of 16 known combos, 3 of them two-card. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · WAR · #204
- Cheapest printing
- €0.32
- EDHREC salt
- 0.60
- Color identity
- Black, Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Smaug the Impenetrable, Silverclad Ferocidons, Magmatic Galleon
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Smaug the Impenetrable, Silverclad Ferocidons, Magmatic Galleon
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Smaug the Impenetrable, Silverclad Ferocidons, Magmatic Galleon
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Smaug the Impenetrable, Silverclad Ferocidons, Magmatic Galleon (early with Smaug the Impenetrable, Silverclad Ferocidons, Magmatic Galleon)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
16 known combos, 3 of them two-card.
- Smaug the Impenetrable + Mayhem Devil
Produces: Infinite colored mana, Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin + Prosper, Tome-Bound + Sensei's Divining Top + Mayhem Devil
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
View on Commander Spellbook - Dihada, Binder of Wills + Underworld Breach + Mayhem Devil
Produces: Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
Mayhem Devil itself doesn't allow any player to sacrifice any permanents. Its ability triggers whenever a player sacrifices a permanent because some other spell, ability, or cost instructed the player to do so. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
You control Mayhem Devil's triggered ability and choose the target, no matter who sacrificed the permanent. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
If you sacrifice Mayhem Devil, its ability triggers. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
A legendary permanent that is put into a graveyard because of the "legend rule" isn't sacrificed. - 2019-05-03 · Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent is sacrificed to pay a cost of a spell or ability, Mayhem Devil's ability will resolve before that spell or ability. Conversely, if a permanent is sacrificed during the resolution of a spell or ability, that spell or ability will finish resolving before Mayhem Devil's ability is put onto the stack.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast