Scourge of the Throne

set	min	mtgo
-	0.52	0.42 tix

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Name	Scourge of the Throne
Type	Creature — dragon
Description	Flying Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever this creature attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for See more
Artist	Michael Komarck
Set	Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #230
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Scourge of the Throne

Scourge of the Throne, Creature — dragon, designed by Michael Komarck first released in Jun, 2014 in the set Conspiracy and was printed exactly in 11 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 0.52.

A deck that focuses on aggressive strategies and aims to quickly take down opponents with combat damage would benefit from including Scourge of the Throne, as it provides a powerful combat advantage with its untap ability and additional combat phase trigger. While there may be other cards that offer similar effects or better overall value, Scourge of the Throne can be a strong inclusion in decks looking to close out games swiftly and decisively, especially in multiplayer formats where its dethrone ability can be maximized.

Rules

05/29/14

In a Two-Headed Giant game, dethrone will trigger if the creature attacks either player on the team with the most life or tied for the most life.

05/29/14

Once dethrone triggers, it doesn’t matter what happens to the players’ life totals before the ability resolves. You’ll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature even if the defending player doesn’t have the most life as the ability resolves.

05/29/14

Scourge of the Throne’s ability has an intervening “if” clause. It must be attacking the player with the most life or tied with the most life both when it’s declared as an attacker and as it starts to resolve for it to have any effect. If, at either time, the player isn’t the one with the most life or tied for the most life, the ability will have no effect. Notably, this is different than how dethrone works. (Dethrone checks only once to see if the ability triggers.)