Master of Cruelties
Creature — Demon
Master of Cruelties
Creature — Demon
Card Text
First strike, deathtouch
This creature can only attack alone.
Whenever this creature attacks a player and isn't blocked, that player's life total becomes 1. This creature assigns no combat damage this combat.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- Black, Red
- Color Identity
- Black, Red
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 4
- EDHREC Rank
- #3,243
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (46)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #1565 | mythic | en | Abigail Larson | $9.12 | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | en | Chase Stone | $4.77 | $5.06 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | en | Chase Stone | $3.91 | $3.75 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373z | mythic | en | Chase Stone | — | $256.25 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #251 | mythic | en | Chase Stone | $4.94 | $5.33 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #522 | mythic | en | Chase Stone | — | — |
| The List (PLST) | #DGM-82 | mythic | en | Chase Stone | $4.68 | — |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) | #66 | mythic | en | Chase Stone | $4.38 | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | en | Chase Stone | $3.31 | $7.08 |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | de | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | de | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #522 | mythic | de | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #251 | mythic | de | Chase Stone | — | — |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) | #66 | mythic | de | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | de | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | es | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | es | Chase Stone | — | — |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) | #66 | mythic | es | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | es | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | fr | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | fr | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #522 | mythic | fr | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #251 | mythic | fr | Chase Stone | — | — |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) | #66 | mythic | fr | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | fr | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | it | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | it | Chase Stone | — | — |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) | #66 | mythic | it | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | it | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | ja | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | ja | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #522 | mythic | ja | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #251 | mythic | ja | Chase Stone | — | — |
| RNA Guild Kit (GK2) | #66 | mythic | ja | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | ja | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | ko | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | pt | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | pt | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | pt | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | ru | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #198 | mythic | zhs | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Ravnica Remastered (RVR) | #373 | mythic | zhs | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #251 | mythic | zhs | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) | #522 | mythic | zhs | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | zhs | Chase Stone | — | — |
| Dragon's Maze (DGM) | #82 | mythic | zht | Chase Stone | — | — |
Official Rulings (6)
Master of Cruelties's last ability won't trigger if it attacks a planeswalker or a battle.
If Master of Cruelties attacks alone, another creature entering the battlefield attacking will have no effect on it. Master of Cruelties continues to be an attacking creature. The other attacking creature will assign combat damage normally, regardless of whether Master of Cruelties's last ability triggers.
For a player's life total to become 1, what actually happens is that the player loses (or in some rare cases, gains) the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the player's life total is 4 when the last ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 3 life. Other effects that interact with life loss (or gain) will interact with this effect accordingly.
Master of Cruelties isn't forced to attack, but if it does, it must do so alone. If you control another creature with an ability that says it must attack if able, that creature must attack and Master of Cruelties won't be able to.
An ability that triggers when something "attacks and isn't blocked" triggers in the declare blockers step after blockers are declared if (1) that creature is attacking and (2) no creatures are declared to block it. It will trigger even if that creature was put onto the battlefield attacking rather than having been declared as an attacker in the declare attackers step.
Assigning no combat damage isn't the same as preventing that damage. Effects that make damage unpreventable will have no effect if no combat damage can be assigned.