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Reaper from the Abyss

Creature — Demon3 generic manaBlack manaBlack manaBlack mana

The morbid clause turns a single death into a recurring removal engine, and the trigger is built to feed itself. Once the demon is online, blocking it or trading into it satisfies the very condition that powers its end-step kill, which means an opponent has to thread a turn where nothing on either side dies, an increasingly difficult ask as the board fills out. The non-Demon restriction is the load-bearing limit: it cannot point at itself, and in the rare mirror it cannot clear fellow Demons, so the destroy effect stays aimed outward rather than collapsing into a self-cleaning sweeper. Note the timing too: this is not a sacrifice you control but a destroy that resolves at every end step, yours and theirs, so an opponent's own combat or removal can pull the trigger on your turn and against their own board. As a six-mana 6/6 flier, it already closes games on raw stats; the morbid removal is the part that makes ignoring it untenable, because the body that wins races also strips away whatever could block it in the air. Black has a long shelf of fatties that demand an immediate answer, but where most of those threaten only damage, this one threatens attrition on a clock the controlling player rarely has to work to keep running.

Reaper from the Abyss (j25)
J25 · #480mythic
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, destroy target non-Demon creature.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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