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Embodiment of Agonies

Core Set 2020 (M20)

{1}{B}{B}

Creature — Demon

Flying, deathtouch This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each different mana cost among nonland cards in your graveyard. (For example, {2}{B} and {1}{B}{B} are different mana costs.)
Plays as
Counter Placer
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal

Versions

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Rulings

6 · latest Jul 12, 2019
  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    Alternative costs, additional costs you could pay, cost increases, and cost reductions are all ignored by Embodiment of Agonies.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    Embodiment of Agonies checks the mana symbols in a card's mana cost. For example, a mana cost of {X} is different than a mana cost of {0}.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    Every Magic card has either no mana cost or exactly one mana cost. A card with no mana cost is never counted by Embodiment of Agonies. A card with a mana cost of {0} is counted.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    Hybrid mana symbols are treated as the actual symbols, not as either of their two components individually. For example, {B/R}, {B}, and {R} are three different mana costs.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    If you return Embodiment of Agonies from your graveyard to the battlefield, its last ability counts itself.

  • WotCJul 12, 2019

    The mana cost of a split card is determined by its two halves combined. For example, the mana cost of Fire//Ice in your graveyard is {2}{U}{R}, the same as the mana cost of Ral's Outburst.