The Speed Demon
Mono-Black commander

The Speed Demon {3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Demon · Aetherdrift

Flying, trample
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
At the beginning of your end step, you draw X cards and lose X life, where X is your speed.

$0.93price
#6,254popularity rank
5mana value

Plays well with: Card advantage

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🧩 Top staples for this deck

✔️ Auto-includes (you probably already run these): Sol Ring, Command Tower, Arcane Signet, Exotic Orchard, Reliquary Tower, Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, Path of Ancestry.

Dark Ritual$7.98
Dark RitualRamp
0
Reanimate$10.61
ReanimateSorcery
0
Demonic Tutor$66.50
Demonic TutorTutor
0
Toxic Deluge$5.07
Toxic DelugeSorcery
0
Feed the Swarm$0.22
Feed the SwarmRemoval
0
Phyrexian Arena$3.34
Phyrexian ArenaCard advantage
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Deadly Rollick$27.18
Deadly RollickRemoval
0
Vampiric Tutor$51.99
Vampiric TutorTutor
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Black Market Connections$11.82
Black Market ConnectionsCard advantage · Tokens
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Victimize$1.29
VictimizeSorcery
0
Deadly Dispute$0.30
Deadly DisputeCard advantage · Ramp · Tokens
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Blood Artist$3.14
Blood ArtistValue engine
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⚙️ Colorless all-stars

Temple of the False God$0.32
Temple of the False GodRamp
0
Chromatic Lantern—
Chromatic LanternRamp · Fits any deck
0
City of Brass$11.38
City of BrassRamp
0
The One Ring$107.84
The One RingCard advantage · Interaction · Fits any deck
0
Cavern of Souls$51.51
Cavern of SoulsRamp
0
Mana Confluence$34.03
Mana ConfluenceRamp
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🪙 Budget picks (under $2€2)

Bojuka Bog$1.37
Bojuka BogRamp
0
Temple of the False God$0.32
Temple of the False GodRamp
0
Feed the Swarm$0.22
Feed the SwarmRemoval
0
Victimize$1.29
VictimizeSorcery
0
Deadly Dispute$0.30
Deadly DisputeCard advantage · Ramp · Tokens
0
Buried Ruin$0.40
Buried RuinRamp · Recursion
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Village Rites$0.65
Village RitesCard advantage
0
Ash Barrens$0.29
Ash BarrensRamp
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Staples are based on how often cards are played in Commander overall (popularity data via Scryfall/EDHREC) and filtered to this commander's colors. Synergy picks match the commander's rules text.