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Arcbound Fiend

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Artifact Creature — Horror

DSTDarksteel#96uncommon
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1283
Illustrator
Ittoku
Found in
Darksteel Theme Deck Transference · Darksteel MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1CombosIn 26
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move a +1/+1 counter from target creature onto this creature. Modular 3 (This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
0/0
FearModular

Plays as: Counter Mover · Counter Payoff · Counter Placer · Ltb Trigger

Market · per finishspark updated 17h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+2.5%
$0.41
$0.22 low$0.19 gap
Foil+0.0%
$3.65
$1.57 low$0.82 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.41· across 1 printing

Rulings

2 · latest Sep 25, 2006 · one tap opens all
  • WotCSep 25, 2006

    If this creature gets enough -1/-1 counters put on it to cause its toughness to be 0 or less (or the damage marked on it to be lethal), modular will put a number of +1/+1 counters on the target artifact creature equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature before it left the battlefield.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    The creature that’s targeted by Arcbound Fiend’s middle ability doesn’t have to have any +1/+1 counters on it. If it doesn’t have a counter on it when the ability resolves, nothing happens.

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