Tortured Existence

First printed in Stronghold (1998)

All 3 prints

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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2507, 2026
The List (PLST) #STH-74, 2020
Stronghold (STH) #74, 1998

Tortured Existence

Enchantment

Black , Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

In the last 30 days 0.3% of Commander decks played it (16 of 6150). Most played in Hashaton, Scarab's Fist.

Combos

222 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite self-discard triggers: Kheru Goldkeeper + Tortured Existence
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Peregrine Drake + Tortured Existence
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Phyrexian Altar + Teval, the Balanced Scale + Tortured Existence
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Insidious Roots + Phyrexian Altar + Tortured Existence
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Phyrexian Altar + Tormod, the Desecrator + Tortured Existence
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Imotekh the Stormlord + Phyrexian Altar + Tortured Existence
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Insidious Roots + Tortured Existence + Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Palinchron + Tortured Existence
Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain triggers…: K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Syr Konrad, the Grim + Tortured Existence
Each opponent loses the game: Phyresis + Syr Konrad, the Grim + Tortured Existence

See all 222 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 16 of 6150 decks (0.3%).

Share of decks

0.3%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

16

16 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

7%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist	0.6%	31%
Dina, Soul Steeper	0.0%	33%
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar	0.0%	50%
Varina, Lich Queen	0.0%	50%
Sefris of the Hidden Ways	0.0%	100%
The Beamtown Bullies	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Command Tower	94%	1.1
Orcish Bowmasters	88%	2.6
Demonic Tutor	88%	1.9
Vampiric Tutor	88%	1.8
Polluted Delta	81%	1.1
Lotus Petal	81%	0.9
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist	75%	124.7
Hallowed Fountain	75%	5.9
Underground Sea	75%	2.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar Yew Zi Yang in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	1-4 20%
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Joshywashy in The CEDH Witching Hour	0-5 0%
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Joseph Robbins in Trainer J's 100% Proxy Legal CEDH Tournament	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Josh, 25 Oct	1 main	#17 0-1
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Chris Fuentes [OT3], 24 Oct	1 main	#19 1-1
Varina, Lich Queen Jose Teran, 24 Oct	1 main	#74 0-4
Dina, Soul Steeper Monster anderdahl, 24 Oct	1 main	#13 0-2
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Robert Parker, 18 Oct	1 main	#29 0-2
The Beamtown Bullies EliMcClintick, 17 Oct	1 main	#15 0-3
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Joshywashy, 17 Oct	1 main	#33 0-5
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Andrew McMunn, 11 Oct	1 main	#39 0-4

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Duel Commander.