Card
Palace Siege
Mana cost {3}{B}{B}
As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Dragons — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 7 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · FRF · #79
- Cheapest printing
- €1.01
- EDHREC salt
- 0.30
- Color identity
- Black
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
7 known combos.
- Isochron Scepter + Vampiric Tutor + Nexus of Fate + Palace Siege
Produces: Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Isochron Scepter + Vampiric Tutor + Beacon of Tomorrows + Palace Siege
Produces: Infinite turns, Skip your draw steps, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Razaketh, the Foulblooded + Beacon of Tomorrows + Ophiomancer + Palace Siege
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2014-11-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Each of the last two abilities is linked to the first ability. They each refer only to the choice made as a result of the first ability. If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of one of the Sieges, its controller will make a new choice for that Siege. Which ability the copy has won’t depend on the choice made for the original permanent. - 2014-11-24 · Wizards of the Coast
The words “Khans” and “Dragons” are anchor words, connecting your choice to the appropriate ability. Anchor words are a new rules concept. “[Anchor word] — [Ability]” means “As long as you chose [anchor word] as this permanent entered the battlefield, this permanent has [ability].” Notably, the anchor word “Dragons” has no connection to the creature type Dragon. - 2014-11-24 · Wizards of the Coast
Each Siege will have one of the two listed abilities, depending on your choice as it enters the battlefield.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast