Card
Anhelo, the Painter
Mana cost {U}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Vampire Assassin 1/3
Deathtouch The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn has casualty 2. (As you cast that spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy the spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.)
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 21 known combos. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · NCC · #1
- Cheapest printing
- €0.53
- EDHREC salt
- 0.61
- Color identity
- Black, Red, Blue
- Keywords
- Deathtouch
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
21 known combos.
- Anhelo, the Painter + Talrand, Sky Summoner + Call to Mind + Mystic Retrieval + Walk the Aeons
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Anhelo, the Painter + Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory + Time Warp + Call to Mind + Mystic Retrieval
Produces: Infinite turns, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Anhelo, the Painter + Twinning Staff + Repeated Reverberation + Vraska's Fall
Produces: Each opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast
If you pay the casualty cost of a spell, the copy will resolve before the original spell. - 2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast
You may sacrifice only one creature to pay a spell's casualty cost, and you copy the spell only once. - 2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast
The copy of the spell is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger. - 2022-04-29 · Wizards of the Coast
Casualty N means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power N or greater.” and “When you cast this spell, if a casualty cost was paid for it, copy it. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy.”
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast