red black mtg cards Ikoria Black/red Menace - 60 Card Ready to Play Deck - Fun - Magic organized and smooth gameplay Sauron, the Dark Lord -

This focus on combat damage, along with continued use of the convoke mechanic, are what separate this archetype from the WB builds centered on sacrifice costs and noncreature permanents

Unstable TypeCreature Human Spy Collector Number67c Rarityuncommon ArtistMichael Phillippi Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses a finger until this creature leaves the battlefield

You really need to get through Tomb of Annihilation for the Archlich to be useful, but it can be a real problem for your opponents once you do

Still, its a 10/10 haste creature that fights, and it basically cant be targeted by opponents

It stops basically anything a counterspell can, which is most things, and costs you no mana to play

Testing with Izzet Phoenix featuring one copy of The Royal Scions led me to believe that it is likely one of the best cards in the archetype if you can build around it