Defiler of Flesh
Dominaria United (DMU) #400 · Rare · Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}
Menace
As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {B} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.
Power/toughness 4/4 · Illustrated by Mathias Kollros · Released September 9, 2022
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.70 USD · €0.80 EUR
- Foil: $0.72 USD · €0.72 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.10 USD (16.7%) to $0.70 USD; low $0.60 USD, high $0.70 USD.
Printings
- Magic Online Promos #103432 (PRM) · Rare · 2023
- Dominaria United #400 (this printing) · Rare · 2022 · $0.70 USD
- Dominaria United #90 (DMU) · Rare · 2022 · $0.39 USD
- Dominaria United Promos #90p (PDMU) · Rare · 2022 · $0.57 USD
- Dominaria United Promos #90s (PDMU) · Rare · 2022 · $2.08 USD foil
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2022-09-09 · wotc — Some players may make the mental shortcut that the Defilers effectively turn one of the colored mana symbols in the spell’s cost into a Phyrexian colored mana symbol. Despite the similarity in function, this ability does not cause the spells to have Phyrexian mana symbols in their costs. Sorry, Rage Extractor!
- 2022-09-09 · wotc — You may only pay the additional cost once per permanent spell.
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