Embodiment of Agonies
Creature — Demon
Flying, deathtouch
Embodiment of Agonies enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each different mana cost among nonland cards in your graveyard. (For example, 
and are different mana costs.)
"I feel your pain. It's exquisite."
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If you return Embodiment of Agonies from your graveyard to the battlefield, its last ability counts itself.
Every Magic card has either no mana cost or exactly one mana cost. A card with no mana cost is never counted by Embodiment of Agonies. A card with a mana cost of 
is counted.
Embodiment of Agonies checks the mana symbols in a card’s mana cost. For example, a mana cost of 
is different than a mana cost of .
Hybrid mana symbols are treated as the actual symbols, not as either of their two components individually. For example, 
, , and 
are three different mana costs.
The mana cost of a split card is determined by its two halves combined. For example, the mana cost of Fire//Ice in your graveyard is 
, the same as the mana cost of Ral’s Outburst.
Alternative costs, additional costs you could pay, cost increases, and cost reductions are all ignored by Embodiment of Agonies.