| Name | Defiling Daemogoth  |
|---|---|
| Type | Creature — demon |
| Description | Menace Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life. At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses X life, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn. |
| Artist | Quintin Gleim |
| Set | Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #75 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
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Defiling Daemogoth, Creature — demon, designed by Quintin Gleim first released in Apr, 2026 in the set Secrets of Strixhaven Commander and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander.
Defiling Daemogoth fits best in a mono‑black or black‑based aggro/midrange deck that can consistently attack with multiple creatures, gain incremental life, and pressure opponents—aristocrats, lifegain‑drain (“bleed”) decks, or token‑based black builds would benefit most, since its end‑step life‑loss scales with all life you gained that turn, not just from combat. It pairs well with lifelink creatures, cards like Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, or Blood Artist–style effects to amplify the drain. However, at five mana and without immediate board impact beyond menace, it competes with stronger options: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is generally better due to immediate, repeatable life drain and card‑draw punishment; Gray Merchant of Asphodel often provides a larger immediate life swing; and cards like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Exquisite Blood synergize more explosively in dedicated lifegain decks. Overall, Defiling Daemogoth is playable in casual or synergy‑focuse
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