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Doomsday ExcruciatorHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Duskmourn: House of Horror· September 27, 2024
Carte Magic Doomsday Excruciator

Doomsday Excruciator is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

Flying When this creature enters, if it was cast, each player exiles all but the bottom six cards of their library face down. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card.

How it works : Doomsday Excruciator

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    A player with six or fewer cards remaining in their library when Doomsday Excruciator's second ability resolves won't exile any cards.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Doomsday Excruciator
+Breach the Multiverse
#1

Doomsday Excruciator + Breach the Multiverse

Infinite millInfinite self-mill
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling all but the bottom six cards of each library face down.
  3. 3Cast Breach the Multiverse by paying {5}{B}{B}, causing each player to mill ten cards, thus milling the remainder of each player's library.
  4. 4When your opponents go to draw a card during their next draw steps, they will lose the game due to attempting to draw from an empty library.
Doomsday Excruciator
+Maddening Cacophony
#2

Doomsday Excruciator + Maddening Cacophony

Infinite millNear-infinite self-mill
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters, it triggers, causing each player to exile all but the bottom six cards of their library.
  3. 3Cast Maddening Cacophony by paying {1}{U}, causing each opponent to mill the rest of their library.
Doomsday Excruciator
+Fractured Sanity
#3

Doomsday Excruciator + Fractured Sanity

Infinite millNear-infinite self-mill
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters, it triggers, causing each player to exile all but the bottom six cards of their library.
  3. 3Cast Fractured Sanity by paying {U}{U}{U}, causing each opponent to mill the rest of their library.
Doomsday Excruciator
+Phenax, God of Deception
#4

Doomsday Excruciator + Phenax, God of Deception

Near-infinite millNear-infinite self-mill
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling all but the bottom six cards of each library face down.
  3. 3Activate a creature you control by tapping it, causing an opponent to mill cards equal to the creature's toughness.
  4. 4Repeat step 3 as desired and/or able.
Rakdos, the Muscle
+Doomsday Excruciator
#5

Rakdos, the Muscle + Doomsday Excruciator

Each opponent loses the gameExile each opponent's library
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling all but the bottom six cards of each player's library.
  3. 3Activate Rakdos by sacrificing Doomsday Excruciator.
  4. 4When Doomsday Excruciator dies, Rakdos's first ability triggers, exiling the top six cards of an opponent's library.
  5. 5When the opponent targeted in step 4 would draw a card during their next draw step, they will instead lose the game due to having zero cards in their library.
Doomsday Excruciator
+Thassa's Oracle
#6

Doomsday Excruciator + Thassa's Oracle

Win the game
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying six {B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing each player to exile all but the bottom six cards of their library.
  3. 3Cast Thassa's Oracle by paying {U}{U}.
  4. 4When Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to win the game.
Doomsday Excruciator
+One Ring to Rule Them All
#7

Doomsday Excruciator + One Ring to Rule Them All

Infinite millNear-infinite self-mill
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying {B}{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters, it triggers, causing each player to exile all but the bottom six cards of their library.
  3. 3Cast One Ring to Rule Them All by paying {2}{B}{B}.
  4. 4When One Ring to Rule Them All enters, its first chapter ability triggers, causing Doomsday Excruciator to become your Ring-bearer and causing each opponent to mill the rest of their library.
Shared Trauma
+Doomsday Excruciator
#8

Shared Trauma + Doomsday Excruciator

Each opponent loses the game
  1. 1Cast Doomsday Excruciator by paying six {B}.
  2. 2When Doomsday Excruciator enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling all but the bottom six cards of each library.
  3. 3Cast Shared Trauma by paying {B}, and then choosing to pay an additional {6}, milling the remainder of each library.
  4. 4Move to the next opponent's turn, causing them to lose the game due to attempting to draw from an empty library.
  5. 5Repeat step 4 for each remaining opponent.
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Legal formats

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