Card
Orca, Siege Demon
Mana cost {5}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Demon 5/5
Trample Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Orca. When Orca dies, it deals damage equal to its power divided as you choose among any number of targets.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 2 known combos. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · DMC · #37
- Cheapest printing
- €0.42
- EDHREC salt
- 0.32
- Color identity
- Black, Red
- Keywords
- Trample
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
2 known combos.
- Orca, Siege Demon + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite damage
View on Commander Spellbook - Orca, Siege Demon + Animation Module + Phyrexian Altar
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2022-09-09 · Wizards of the Coast
If Orca, Siege Demon's last ability has multiple targets, and some but not all of them are illegal targets when the ability resolves, Orca, Siege Demon will still deal damage to the remaining legal targets according to the original damage division. - 2022-09-09 · Wizards of the Coast
You announce how the damage will be divided as part of putting Orca, Siege Demon's last triggered ability on the stack. Each chosen target must receive at least 1 damage. - 2022-09-09 · Wizards of the Coast
If all of the targets are illegal when the ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Nothing will be dealt damage.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast