Card
Scourge of the Throne
Mana cost {4}{R}{R}
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 most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Part of 20 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · MKC · #160
- Cheapest printing
- €0.32
- EDHREC salt
- 0.40
- Color identity
- Red
- Keywords
- Flying, Dethrone
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Helm of the Host, Rionya, Fire Dancer
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Helm of the Host, Rionya, Fire Dancer
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Helm of the Host, Rionya, Fire Dancer
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Helm of the Host, Rionya, Fire Dancer (early with Helm of the Host, Rionya, Fire Dancer)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
20 known combos, 2 of them two-card.
- Scourge of the Throne + Helm of the Host
Produces: Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Rionya, Fire Dancer + Scourge of the Throne
Produces: Infinite combat phases, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Scourge of the Throne + Viscera Seer
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-07-28 · Wizards of the Coast
Dethrone doesn't trigger if the creature attacks a planeswalker, even if its controller has the most life. The same is true if the creature attacks a battle, even if its protector has the most life. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
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.) - 2014-05-29 · Wizards of the Coast
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.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast