Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Mogis, God of Slaughter

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The Commander

Indestructible

As long as your devotion to black and red is less than seven, Mogis isn't a creature.

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Mogis deals 2 damage to that player unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.

Guide

Gameplan

Mogis is a punisher/group slug commander: you grind every opponent's life total down with relentless damage triggers and symmetrical 'pay or suffer' effects while keeping yourself safe. Early game you ramp and drop sources of incremental damage, then let the table bleed out from a thousand cuts. Mogis himself taxes opponents each upkeep (lose a creature or take 2), and as an indestructible god he's nearly impossible to remove.

Strengths

Indestructible commander that's hard to interact with and survives board wipes
Hits all opponents at once, making it strong in multiplayer slugfests
Damage doesn't care about creatures, lifegain (somewhat), or blockers
Punishment effects pressure opponents no matter what they do
Low commander cost (4) leaves mana for nonstop value pieces

Weaknesses

Damage output can be slow; games drag and you become the archenemy
Lifegain decks can outpace incremental burn
No card advantage built into the commander itself
Devotion 7 to swing as a creature is rarely reached
Vulnerable to fast combo decks that ignore life totals

Key Cards

Citadel of Pain — Punishes the open mana strategies blue control decks rely on, multiplying your slug damage.
Manabarbs — Turns every land tap into damage across the table, accelerating the clock dramatically.
Polluted Bonds — Drains opponents for every land they play while gaining you life, a premier symmetric punisher.
Sulfuric Vortex — Cheap recurring burn that also shuts off opponents' lifegain to keep them in burn range.
Bitter Reunion — Cheap card draw and ramp-adjacent value, but really you want pieces like Wheel of Misfortune for refuel.
Pyrohemia — Repeatable board control and reach that can finish low-life tables in a pinch.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and ramp (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone) so you can deploy multiple punishers per turn and snowball. Include lifegain hate (Sulfuric Vortex, Everlasting Torment) to stop the format's biggest counter, plus card advantage like Phyrexian Arena and Outpost Siege to avoid running dry. To close faster, run scalable burn finishers (Fall of the Titans, Comet Storm) and consider a compact combo backup so you aren't relying solely on slow damage in fast pods.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Incremental burn from Mogis plus stacked punisher enchantments draining all opponents out
▸Big X burn or symmetrical mass damage finishers like Fall of the Titans or Star of Extinction
▸Connecting with Mogis as a 7/5 once devotion is high enough, or via extra-combat/burn reach
▸Aristocrats drains stacking with sacrifice triggers

Archetypes

Group Slug — Mogis and stacked damage-per-action enchantments grind every opponent's life total simultaneously.
Stax/Punisher — Symmetric 'pay life or sacrifice' effects pair with Mogis to make every choice cost opponents resources.
Aristocrats — Mogis's sacrifice trigger and life-loss synergies support sacrifice payoffs like Blood Artist effects.
Burn/Spellslinger — Direct damage spells and X-burn finishers close out tables Mogis has softened up.