Art by Greg Staples
The Lord of Pain
Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
Menace Your opponents can't gain life. Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.
Average Card Type Breakdown
Average Mana Curve
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Most Played With The Lord of Pain (205)
Sol Ring
92% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
86% of decks · $0.49
Talisman of Indulgence
64% of decks · $0.51
Rakdos Signet
63% of decks · $0.34
Bedevil
55% of decks · $0.29
Razorkin Needlehead
54% of decks · $5.40
Kardur, Doomscourge
52% of decks · $3.66
Spiteful Visions
52% of decks · $0.88
Stormfist Crusader
51% of decks · $0.99
Dark Ritual
50% of decks · $7.19
Wound Reflection
48% of decks · $14.42
Brash Taunter
47% of decks · $4.18
Painful Quandary
45% of decks · $1.84
Fellwar Stone
45% of decks
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
45% of decks · $27.75
Gleeful Arsonist
44% of decks · $6.64
Fate Unraveler
42% of decks · $3.42
Descent into Avernus
42% of decks · $13.20
Harsh Mentor
40% of decks · $0.35
Sign in Blood
40% of decks · $2.74
Scrawling Crawler
39% of decks · $6.60
Feed the Swarm
39% of decks · $0.24
Mind Stone
38% of decks
Blood Seeker
37% of decks · $0.38
Terminate
37% of decks · $0.34
Sadistic Shell Game
36% of decks · $0.54
Thought Vessel
35% of decks
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
35% of decks · $3.90
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
34% of decks · $1.66
Rampaging Ferocidon
34% of decks · $2.56
Swiftfoot Boots
34% of decks
Massacre Wurm
34% of decks · $2.43
Fiery Emancipation
34% of decks · $13.60
Withering Torment
34% of decks · $1.58
Exquisite Blood
33% of decks · $40.38
Phyrexian Arena
32% of decks · $4.26
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
31% of decks · $98.82
Infernal Grasp
30% of decks · $0.33
Underworld Dreams
30% of decks · $2.35
Grab the Prize
29% of decks · $0.55
Mask of Griselbrand
29% of decks · $0.97
Deflecting Swat
28% of decks · $72.64
Star Athlete
27% of decks · $1.00
Heartless Hidetsugu
27% of decks · $2.78
Deadly Rollick
27% of decks · $28.68
Blood Artist
27% of decks · $3.84
Blood for the Blood God!
26% of decks · $8.41
Nightshade Harvester
26% of decks · $0.38
Twinflame Tyrant
26% of decks · $27.05
Vandalblast
26% of decks · $1.70
Solemn Simulacrum
26% of decks · $0.34
Jeska's Will
25% of decks · $41.42
Bolt Bend
25% of decks · $5.18
Toxic Deluge
25% of decks · $5.17
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
24% of decks
Florian, Voldaren Scion
24% of decks · $0.42
Untimely Malfunction
24% of decks · $9.10
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
24% of decks · $36.39
Prisoner's Dilemma
23% of decks · $5.90
Blood Pact
23% of decks · $0.31
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
23% of decks · $36.73
Mayhem Devil
23% of decks · $0.33
Manabarbs
22% of decks · $5.03
Ruby Medallion
22% of decks · $14.49
Barbflare Gremlin
21% of decks · $0.63
Morbid Opportunist
21% of decks · $0.36
Black Market Connections
21% of decks · $10.47
Whip of Erebos
21% of decks · $9.52
Exsanguinate
20% of decks · $0.40
Suspended Sentence
20% of decks · $1.09
Jet Medallion
20% of decks · $14.56
Shadowspear
20% of decks · $30.19
Persistent Constrictor
20% of decks · $14.04
Combustible Gearhulk
20% of decks · $0.36
City on Fire
20% of decks · $11.40
Fear of Burning Alive
19% of decks · $0.24
Theater of Horrors
19% of decks · $0.31
Scytheclaw Raptor
19% of decks · $0.31
Tibalt's Trickery
19% of decks · $10.50
Rug of Smothering
19% of decks · $0.62
Disrupt Decorum
18% of decks · $4.34
Unstoppable Slasher
18% of decks · $5.55
Demonic Tutor
18% of decks · $69.17
Bloodsoaked Insight
18% of decks
Howling Mine
18% of decks · $5.49
Obosh, the Preypiercer
18% of decks · $0.26
Screaming Nemesis
18% of decks · $7.57
Dictate of the Twin Gods
18% of decks · $1.63
Syr Konrad, the Grim
17% of decks · $1.78
Decree of Pain
17% of decks · $0.36
Hexing Squelcher
17% of decks · $19.24
No Mercy
17% of decks · $24.61
Orcish Bowmasters
17% of decks · $44.46
Reanimate
16% of decks · $10.11
Grievous Wound
16% of decks · $0.71
Roiling Vortex
16% of decks · $1.79
Malakir Rebirth
15% of decks
Zo-Zu the Punisher
15% of decks · $8.66
Commander's Sphere
15% of decks · $0.34
Blasphemous Edict
15% of decks · $4.13
Night's Whisper
15% of decks · $6.25
Polluted Bonds
15% of decks · $10.28
Chandra's Incinerator
14% of decks · $2.08
Mana Flare
14% of decks
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
14% of decks · $5.44
Sower of Discord
14% of decks · $3.82
Lightning Bolt
14% of decks · $0.87
Curse of Opulence
14% of decks · $4.67
Mai, Scornful Striker
14% of decks · $0.81
Light Up the Stage
14% of decks · $0.35
Enchanter's Bane
14% of decks · $0.29
Bloodchief Ascension
14% of decks · $21.38
Wayfarer's Bauble
14% of decks · $5.61
Spellshock
14% of decks
Keen Duelist
14% of decks · $0.34
Damnation
13% of decks · $21.01
Wheel of Misfortune
13% of decks · $7.92
Fiendish Duo
13% of decks · $2.97
Vampiric Tutor
13% of decks · $54.45
Fell the Profane
13% of decks
Faithless Looting
13% of decks · $0.39
Seething Song
13% of decks · $11.52
Mana Geyser
13% of decks · $1.24
The Rollercrusher Ride
13% of decks · $0.67
Abrade
13% of decks · $0.32
Havoc Festival
12% of decks · $0.41
Curtains' Call
12% of decks · $0.58
Tectonic Giant
12% of decks · $0.39
Cursed Mirror
12% of decks · $0.30
Sulfuric Vortex
12% of decks · $1.74
Gratuitous Violence
12% of decks · $0.40
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
12% of decks · $1.89
Massacre Girl
12% of decks · $0.53
Pain Distributor
12% of decks · $5.25
Archfiend of Despair
12% of decks · $2.83
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
11% of decks · $8.89
Read the Bones
11% of decks · $0.29
Return the Favor
10% of decks · $1.08
Protection Racket
10% of decks · $3.86
Mithril Coat
10% of decks · $29.34
Big Score
10% of decks · $0.41
Crawlspace
10% of decks · $8.71
Ankh of Mishra
10% of decks
Imp's Mischief
10% of decks · $9.14
Sanguine Bond
9% of decks · $7.89
Parker Luck
9% of decks · $0.27
Ensnared by the Mara
9% of decks · $7.81
Creative Technique
9% of decks · $0.28
Torment of Hailfire
9% of decks · $36.34
Thran Dynamo
9% of decks · $4.43
Mutinous Massacre
8% of decks · $0.30
Not Dead After All
8% of decks · $1.62
Tempt with Mayhem
8% of decks · $1.19
Valakut Awakening
8% of decks
Palantír of Orthanc
8% of decks · $19.21
Vampiric Link
8% of decks · $3.01
Maddening Hex
8% of decks · $4.02
Chandra's Ignition
8% of decks · $8.98
Furnace of Rath
8% of decks · $7.44
The One Ring
8% of decks · $116.27
Powerbalance
8% of decks · $0.34
Worn Powerstone
8% of decks · $0.38
Baleful Mastery
8% of decks · $2.53
Tempting Contract
8% of decks · $10.17
Bolas's Citadel
8% of decks · $16.17
Séance Board
8% of decks · $3.17
Resurrection Orb
7% of decks · $16.61
Unexpected Windfall
7% of decks · $3.03
Murder
7% of decks · $0.18
Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
7% of decks · $15.24
Thrill of Possibility
7% of decks · $0.29
Redirect Lightning
7% of decks · $10.85
Diabolic Tutor
7% of decks · $2.21
The Meathook Massacre
7% of decks · $24.67
Decorum Dissertation
7% of decks · $5.28
Share the Spoils
7% of decks · $3.72
Bastion of Remembrance
7% of decks · $0.30
Kolaghan's Command
7% of decks · $0.38
Price of Progress
7% of decks · $8.15
Allure of the Unknown
6% of decks · $0.21
Captive Audience
6% of decks · $3.83
Citadel of Pain
6% of decks · $3.68
Maximum Carnage
6% of decks · $1.13
Kaya's Ghostform
6% of decks · $1.73
Wheel of Fortune
6% of decks
Victory Chimes
6% of decks · $5.32
Pain Magnification
6% of decks · $0.86
Mob Verdict
6% of decks · $0.36
Scheming Symmetry
6% of decks · $8.65
Wild Evocation
6% of decks · $1.25
Boltwave
6% of decks · $2.53
Fire Diamond
6% of decks · $0.39
Snuff Out
6% of decks · $12.98
Delirium
6% of decks · $4.46
Deadly Tempest
6% of decks · $1.02
Charcoal Diamond
6% of decks · $0.35
Wishclaw Talisman
5% of decks · $2.36
Pain for All
5% of decks · $2.31
Gilded Lotus
5% of decks · $0.54
Risk Factor
5% of decks · $0.46
Zoyowa's Justice
5% of decks · $0.28
Grim Tutor
5% of decks · $23.87
Meathook Massacre II
5% of decks · $2.47
Hithlain Rope
5% of decks · $0.50
Coveted Jewel
5% of decks · $0.29
New Cards
Gideon the Oathless
5% of decks · $0.33
Turbulent Crater
5% of decks · $2.61
Smaug, Wicked Worm
3% of decks · $1.52
Troop of Ponies
2% of decks · $0.33
Ingris Stingerquill
2% of decks · $9.92
Creatures (50)
Razorkin Needlehead
54% of decks · $5.40
Kardur, Doomscourge
52% of decks · $3.66
Stormfist Crusader
51% of decks · $0.99
Brash Taunter
47% of decks · $4.18
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
45% of decks · $27.75
Gleeful Arsonist
44% of decks · $6.64
Fate Unraveler
42% of decks · $3.42
Harsh Mentor
40% of decks · $0.35
Scrawling Crawler
39% of decks · $6.60
Blood Seeker
37% of decks · $0.38
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
35% of decks · $3.90
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
34% of decks · $1.66
Rampaging Ferocidon
34% of decks · $2.56
Massacre Wurm
34% of decks · $2.43
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
31% of decks · $98.82
Star Athlete
27% of decks · $1.00
Heartless Hidetsugu
27% of decks · $2.78
Blood Artist
27% of decks · $3.84
Nightshade Harvester
26% of decks · $0.38
Twinflame Tyrant
26% of decks · $27.05
Solemn Simulacrum
26% of decks · $0.34
Florian, Voldaren Scion
24% of decks · $0.42
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
24% of decks · $36.39
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
23% of decks · $36.73
Mayhem Devil
23% of decks · $0.33
Barbflare Gremlin
21% of decks · $0.63
Morbid Opportunist
21% of decks · $0.36
Persistent Constrictor
20% of decks · $14.04
Combustible Gearhulk
20% of decks · $0.36
Fear of Burning Alive
19% of decks · $0.24
Scytheclaw Raptor
19% of decks · $0.31
Rug of Smothering
19% of decks · $0.62
Unstoppable Slasher
18% of decks · $5.55
Obosh, the Preypiercer
18% of decks · $0.26
Screaming Nemesis
18% of decks · $7.57
Syr Konrad, the Grim
17% of decks · $1.78
Hexing Squelcher
17% of decks · $19.24
Orcish Bowmasters
17% of decks · $44.46
Zo-Zu the Punisher
15% of decks · $8.66
Chandra's Incinerator
14% of decks · $2.08
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
14% of decks · $5.44
Sower of Discord
14% of decks · $3.82
Mai, Scornful Striker
14% of decks · $0.81
Keen Duelist
14% of decks · $0.34
Fiendish Duo
13% of decks · $2.97
Tectonic Giant
12% of decks · $0.39
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
12% of decks · $1.89
Massacre Girl
12% of decks · $0.53
Pain Distributor
12% of decks · $5.25
Archfiend of Despair
12% of decks · $2.83
Instants (37)
Bedevil
55% of decks · $0.29
Dark Ritual
50% of decks · $7.19
Terminate
37% of decks · $0.34
Withering Torment
34% of decks · $1.58
Infernal Grasp
30% of decks · $0.33
Deflecting Swat
28% of decks · $72.64
Deadly Rollick
27% of decks · $28.68
Blood for the Blood God!
26% of decks · $8.41
Bolt Bend
25% of decks · $5.18
Untimely Malfunction
24% of decks · $9.10
Blood Pact
23% of decks · $0.31
Suspended Sentence
20% of decks · $1.09
Tibalt's Trickery
19% of decks · $10.50
Malakir Rebirth
15% of decks
Lightning Bolt
14% of decks · $0.87
Vampiric Tutor
13% of decks · $54.45
Fell the Profane
13% of decks
Seething Song
13% of decks · $11.52
Abrade
13% of decks · $0.32
Curtains' Call
12% of decks · $0.58
Return the Favor
10% of decks · $1.08
Big Score
10% of decks · $0.41
Imp's Mischief
10% of decks · $9.14
Not Dead After All
8% of decks · $1.62
Tempt with Mayhem
8% of decks · $1.19
Valakut Awakening
8% of decks
Baleful Mastery
8% of decks · $2.53
Unexpected Windfall
7% of decks · $3.03
Murder
7% of decks · $0.18
Thrill of Possibility
7% of decks · $0.29
Redirect Lightning
7% of decks · $10.85
Kolaghan's Command
7% of decks · $0.38
Price of Progress
7% of decks · $8.15
Snuff Out
6% of decks · $12.98
Delirium
6% of decks · $4.46
Risk Factor
5% of decks · $0.46
Zoyowa's Justice
5% of decks · $0.28
Sorceries (36)
Sign in Blood
40% of decks · $2.74
Feed the Swarm
39% of decks · $0.24
Sadistic Shell Game
36% of decks · $0.54
Grab the Prize
29% of decks · $0.55
Vandalblast
26% of decks · $1.70
Jeska's Will
25% of decks · $41.42
Toxic Deluge
25% of decks · $5.17
Prisoner's Dilemma
23% of decks · $5.90
Exsanguinate
20% of decks · $0.40
Disrupt Decorum
18% of decks · $4.34
Demonic Tutor
18% of decks · $69.17
Bloodsoaked Insight
18% of decks
Decree of Pain
17% of decks · $0.36
Reanimate
16% of decks · $10.11
Blasphemous Edict
15% of decks · $4.13
Night's Whisper
15% of decks · $6.25
Light Up the Stage
14% of decks · $0.35
Damnation
13% of decks · $21.01
Wheel of Misfortune
13% of decks · $7.92
Faithless Looting
13% of decks · $0.39
Mana Geyser
13% of decks · $1.24
Read the Bones
11% of decks · $0.29
Ensnared by the Mara
9% of decks · $7.81
Creative Technique
9% of decks · $0.28
Torment of Hailfire
9% of decks · $36.34
Mutinous Massacre
8% of decks · $0.30
Chandra's Ignition
8% of decks · $8.98
Diabolic Tutor
7% of decks · $2.21
Decorum Dissertation
7% of decks · $5.28
Allure of the Unknown
6% of decks · $0.21
Wheel of Fortune
6% of decks
Mob Verdict
6% of decks · $0.36
Scheming Symmetry
6% of decks · $8.65
Boltwave
6% of decks · $2.53
Deadly Tempest
6% of decks · $1.02
Grim Tutor
5% of decks · $23.87
Utility Artifacts (19)
Swiftfoot Boots
34% of decks
Mask of Griselbrand
29% of decks · $0.97
Ruby Medallion
22% of decks · $14.49
Whip of Erebos
21% of decks · $9.52
Jet Medallion
20% of decks · $14.56
Shadowspear
20% of decks · $30.19
Howling Mine
18% of decks · $5.49
Wayfarer's Bauble
14% of decks · $5.61
Mithril Coat
10% of decks · $29.34
Crawlspace
10% of decks · $8.71
Ankh of Mishra
10% of decks
Palantír of Orthanc
8% of decks · $19.21
The One Ring
8% of decks · $116.27
Tempting Contract
8% of decks · $10.17
Bolas's Citadel
8% of decks · $16.17
Resurrection Orb
7% of decks · $16.61
Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
7% of decks · $15.24
Wishclaw Talisman
5% of decks · $2.36
Hithlain Rope
5% of decks · $0.50
Mana Artifacts (17)
Sol Ring
92% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
86% of decks · $0.49
Talisman of Indulgence
64% of decks · $0.51
Rakdos Signet
63% of decks · $0.34
Fellwar Stone
45% of decks
Mind Stone
38% of decks
Thought Vessel
35% of decks
Commander's Sphere
15% of decks · $0.34
Cursed Mirror
12% of decks · $0.30
Thran Dynamo
9% of decks · $4.43
Worn Powerstone
8% of decks · $0.38
Séance Board
8% of decks · $3.17
Victory Chimes
6% of decks · $5.32
Fire Diamond
6% of decks · $0.39
Charcoal Diamond
6% of decks · $0.35
Gilded Lotus
5% of decks · $0.54
Coveted Jewel
5% of decks · $0.29
Enchantments (45)
Spiteful Visions
52% of decks · $0.88
Wound Reflection
48% of decks · $14.42
Painful Quandary
45% of decks · $1.84
Descent into Avernus
42% of decks · $13.20
Fiery Emancipation
34% of decks · $13.60
Exquisite Blood
33% of decks · $40.38
Phyrexian Arena
32% of decks · $4.26
Underworld Dreams
30% of decks · $2.35
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
24% of decks
Manabarbs
22% of decks · $5.03
Black Market Connections
21% of decks · $10.47
City on Fire
20% of decks · $11.40
Theater of Horrors
19% of decks · $0.31
Dictate of the Twin Gods
18% of decks · $1.63
No Mercy
17% of decks · $24.61
Grievous Wound
16% of decks · $0.71
Roiling Vortex
16% of decks · $1.79
Polluted Bonds
15% of decks · $10.28
Mana Flare
14% of decks
Curse of Opulence
14% of decks · $4.67
Enchanter's Bane
14% of decks · $0.29
Bloodchief Ascension
14% of decks · $21.38
Spellshock
14% of decks
The Rollercrusher Ride
13% of decks · $0.67
Havoc Festival
12% of decks · $0.41
Sulfuric Vortex
12% of decks · $1.74
Gratuitous Violence
12% of decks · $0.40
Protection Racket
10% of decks · $3.86
Sanguine Bond
9% of decks · $7.89
Parker Luck
9% of decks · $0.27
Vampiric Link
8% of decks · $3.01
Maddening Hex
8% of decks · $4.02
Furnace of Rath
8% of decks · $7.44
Powerbalance
8% of decks · $0.34
The Meathook Massacre
7% of decks · $24.67
Share the Spoils
7% of decks · $3.72
Bastion of Remembrance
7% of decks · $0.30
Captive Audience
6% of decks · $3.83
Citadel of Pain
6% of decks · $3.68
Maximum Carnage
6% of decks · $1.13
Kaya's Ghostform
6% of decks · $1.73
Pain Magnification
6% of decks · $0.86
Wild Evocation
6% of decks · $1.25
Pain for All
5% of decks · $2.31
Meathook Massacre II
5% of decks · $2.47
Planeswalkers (1)
Chandra, Awakened Inferno
11% of decks · $8.89
Utility Lands (15)
Witch's Clinic
45% of decks
Bojuka Bog
36% of decks
Spinerock Knoll
32% of decks
Shivan Gorge
26% of decks
Leechridden Swamp
25% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
24% of decks
Reliquary Tower
22% of decks
Temple of the False God
21% of decks
Cabal Coffers
15% of decks
Rogue's Passage
10% of decks
Ancient Tomb
9% of decks
Command Beacon
8% of decks
Maze of Ith
8% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
7% of decks
Castle Locthwain
6% of decks
Lands (42)
Swamp
98% of decks
Mountain
98% of decks
Command Tower
89% of decks
Dragonskull Summit
75% of decks
Smoldering Marsh
70% of decks
Tainted Peak
60% of decks
Sulfurous Springs
57% of decks
Foreboding Ruins
54% of decks
Graven Cairns
53% of decks
Blood Crypt
48% of decks
Shadowblood Ridge
45% of decks
Exotic Orchard
42% of decks
Blazemire Verge
42% of decks
Luxury Suite
41% of decks
Temple of Malice
41% of decks
Haunted Ridge
40% of decks
Blackcleave Cliffs
38% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
34% of decks
Canyon Slough
31% of decks
Bloodfell Caves
27% of decks
Rakdos Carnarium
24% of decks
Evolving Wilds
23% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
22% of decks
Blightstep Pathway
21% of decks
Raucous Theater
21% of decks
Geothermal Bog
19% of decks
Bloodsoaked Insight
18% of decks
Myriad Landscape
16% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
15% of decks
Mount Doom
15% of decks
Badlands
13% of decks
Fell the Profane
13% of decks
Ash Barrens
13% of decks
Valakut Awakening
8% of decks
Fabled Passage
8% of decks
Dark Fortress
7% of decks
Path of Ancestry
7% of decks
Jagged Barrens
7% of decks
Arid Mesa
6% of decks
Polluted Delta
6% of decks
Marsh Flats
6% of decks
Prismatic Vista
6% of decks
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Public Decks with The Lord of Pain
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Decks built with The Lord of Pain on Mana Forge (0)
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