Card
Sadistic Hypnotist
Mana cost {3}{B}{B}
Sacrifice a creature: Target player discards two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.
Part of 5 known combos, one of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · ODY · #159
- Cheapest printing
- €0.63
- EDHREC salt
- 0.76
- Color identity
- Black
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Nath of the Gilt-Leaf (early with Nath of the Gilt-Leaf)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
5 known combos, one of them two-card.
- Nath of the Gilt-Leaf + Sadistic Hypnotist
Produces: Opponents can only have cards in hand when it isn't your turn, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Chainer, Dementia Master + K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Sadistic Hypnotist
Produces: Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain
View on Commander Spellbook - Cloudstone Curio + Sadistic Hypnotist + Basking Rootwalla + Blazing Rootwalla + Blessed Sanctuary
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2013-04-15 · Wizards of the Coast
If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you’ll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast