Court of Ambition

Commanders that run Court of Ambition most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Obeka, Splitter of Seconds: 12,837 decks
• Queen Marchesa: 9,340 decks
• Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern: 2,796 decks
• Tinybones, Bauble Burglar: 2,560 decks
• Abaddon the Despoiler: 2,016 decks
• Tinybones, Trinket Thief: 1,592 decks
• Liesa, Shroud of Dusk: 1,082 decks
• Rakdos, Lord of Riots: 1,071 decks

Often played with Court of Ambition

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Court of Bounty
• Throne Warden
• Dawnglade Regent
• Jared Carthalion, True Heir
• Protector of the Crown
• Archon of Coronation
• Champions of Minas Tirith
• Queen Mother Ramonda
• Entourage of Trest
• Regal Behemoth

Rulings

• 2020-11-10: The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.
• 2020-11-10: If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
• 2020-11-10: There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
• 2020-11-10: If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.
• 2020-11-10: If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
• 2020-11-10: As Court of Ambition's second ability resolves, first the next opponent in turn order chooses whether they are discarding or not. If they are, they choose a card without revealing it (or two cards without revealing them, if you're the monarch), then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then each chosen card is discarded simultaneously, and finally each player who couldn't or didn't discard loses the appropriate amount of life.