Underhanded Designs
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Kaladesh #104 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.18 USD
Whenever an artifact you control enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
{1}{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target creature. Activate only if you control two or more artifacts.
Underhanded Designs has 2 printings, first in Kaladesh (2016). EDHREC ranks it #16,303 among Commander cards. It appears most in King Macar, the Gold-Cursed decks (397 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Underhanded Designs most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- King Macar, the Gold-Cursed: 397 decks
- Anje, Maid of Dishonor: 200 decks
- Teysa, Opulent Oligarch: 193 decks
- Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist: 160 decks
- Dee Kay, Finder of the Lost: 58 decks
- Fain, the Broker: 37 decks
- Mastermind Plum: 34 decks
- Lobelia, Defender of Bag End: 21 decks
Often played with Underhanded Designs
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You can pay {1} only once each time Underhanded Designs's triggered ability resolves. You can't pay more to cause your opponents to lose more life.
- : In a Two-Headed Giant game, Underhanded Designs's first ability causes the opposing team to lose a total of 2 life. You still gain only 1 life.
- : The number of artifacts you control is checked only as you activate Underhanded Designs's last ability. It's not checked again as it resolves.