Card
Pandemonium
Mana cost {3}{R}
Whenever a creature enters, that creature's controller may have it deal damage equal to its power to any target of their choice.
Part of 78 known combos, 6 of them two-card. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Special · TSB · #68
- Cheapest printing
- €0.54
- EDHREC salt
- 0.90
- Color identity
- Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Polyraptor, Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients, Sporeweb Weaver, Sekki, Seasons' Guide, Storm Herd, Nested Ghoul
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Polyraptor, Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients, Sporeweb Weaver, Sekki, Seasons' Guide, Storm Herd, Nested Ghoul
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Sporeweb Weaver, Nested Ghoul
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Polyraptor, Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients, Sporeweb Weaver, Sekki, Seasons' Guide, Storm Herd, Nested Ghoul (early with Sporeweb Weaver, Nested Ghoul)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
78 known combos, 6 of them two-card.
- Polyraptor + Pandemonium
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients + Pandemonium
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook - Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Thornbite Staff + Pandemonium
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2006-09-25 · Wizards of the Coast
If player A controls Pandemonium when a creature enters under player B's control, player A controls the triggered ability even though player B chooses the target and chooses whether to have the creature deal damage, which could be important if multiple abilities controlled by multiple players trigger. - 2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast
The triggered ability does not check the creature's power until the ability resolves. If the creature is not on the battlefield when the ability resolves, it does damage equal to the power of the creature right before it left the battlefield. This means that if a creature enters which can destroy itself as an "enters" ability, the order of resolution of the triggered abilities does not matter.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast