Card
Smothering Tithe
Mana cost {3}{W}
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Game Changer: not allowed in brackets 1–2, counts as one of the three allowed in bracket 3. Part of 123 known combos, one of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Game Changer
- On the official list — none allowed in brackets 1–2, at most three in bracket 3.
- Printing
- Rare · RNA · #22
- Cheapest printing
- €37.34
- EDHREC salt
- 2.58
- Color identity
- White
- Keywords
- Treasure
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — not allowed: Game Changers are not allowed
- B2 Core — not allowed: Game Changers are not allowed
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Stasis
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- On the official Game Changers list
- Two-card combo with Stasis (early with Stasis)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
123 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Smothering Tithe + Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune
Produces: Infinite draw triggers for all players, Infinite looting for all players, Infinite self-discard triggers for all players
View on Commander Spellbook - Faerie Mastermind + Smothering Tithe + Mirrormade
Produces: Near-infinite colored mana, Infinite draw triggers for all players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
View on Commander Spellbook - Faerie Mastermind + Smothering Tithe + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Produces: Infinite card draw for all players, Infinite draw triggers for all players, Near-infinite Treasure tokens
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-09-01 · Wizards of the Coast
If an opponent is instructed to draw multiple cards, that player draws all of them before deciding how many times to pay as the multiple triggered abilities from Smothering Tithe resolve.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast