Pox
- Mana cost
- {B}{B}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Fifth Edition #189 (rare)
- Price
- $6.12 USD
Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control of their choice, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control of their choice. Round up each time.
Pox has 5 printings, first in Ice Age (1995). EDHREC ranks it #9,892 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern decks (5,160 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Pox most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern: 5,160 decks
- Tinybones, Bauble Burglar: 763 decks
- Braids, Cabal Minion: 526 decks
- Tinybones, Trinket Thief: 488 decks
- Baron Helmut Zemo: 261 decks
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane: 112 decks
- Tourach, Dread Cantor: 72 decks
- Rankle, Master of Pranks: 66 decks
Often played with Pox
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The number you need to lose, discard, or sacrifice isn't calculated until it's time to perform that part of the effect. For example, if your opponent casts Pox and you discard Dodecapod as part of Pox's discard effect, Dodecapod will be put onto the battlefield instead of into your graveyard. Then, when determining how many creatures you need to sacrifice, the Dodecapod is taken into account.
- : The losses, discards, and sacrifices are rounded up. For example, if you have 5 life, you'll lose 2 life, leaving you at 3 life. (Five divided by three is one and two-thirds. Rounding that up to the nearest whole number gives you two.)
- : Each part of Pox's effect is processed separately. For each part, first the player whose turn it is makes all necessary choices (such as which cards to discard), then each other player in turn order chooses, then the actions happen at the same time. Then Pox's effect moves to the next stage.