Retribution of the Ancients
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir #85 (rare)
- Price
- $0.60 USD
{B}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Retribution of the Ancients has 1 printing, first in Khans of Tarkir (2014). EDHREC ranks it #6,772 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zaxara, the Exemplary decks (2,061 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 Retribution of the Ancients most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zaxara, the Exemplary: 2,061 decks
- Horobi, Death's Wail: 1,441 decks
- Breena, the Demagogue: 1,284 decks
- Amalia Benavides Aguirre: 1,190 decks
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan: 1,088 decks
- Mikaeus, the Unhallowed: 758 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 628 decks
- Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness: 542 decks
Often played with Retribution of the Ancients
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Once you announce that you are activating the ability of Retribution of the Ancients, no player may take any actions before you pay its costs. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove a creature with counters on it to stop you from paying.