Torment of Scarabs
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment — Aura Curse
- Set
- Historic Anthology 4 #11 (uncommon)
Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent of their choice or discard a card.
Torment of Scarabs has 3 printings, first in Hour of Devastation (2017). EDHREC ranks it #8,766 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor decks (6,206 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Torment of Scarabs most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor: 6,206 decks
- The Unluckiest Planeswalker: 430 decks
- Blim, Comedic Genius: 315 decks
- Mathas, Fiend Seeker: 248 decks
- Sygg, River Cutthroat: 147 decks
- Riven Turnbull: 6 decks
- Danitha, Spear of Agony: 3 decks
- Madame Hydra, Reanimated: 2 decks
Often played with Torment of Scarabs
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : While resolving the triggered ability of Torment of Scarabs, the enchanted player chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. That player can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.