Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Vampire Soldier
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #5 (mythic)
- Price
- $7.43 USD
Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Carmen and you gain 1 life.
Whenever Carmen attacks, return up to one target permanent card with mana value less than or equal to Carmen's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher has 2 printings, first in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). EDHREC ranks it #2,903 among Commander cards. It appears most in Edgar Markov decks (8,572 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. 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
Public decks that run Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
- Blood Rites - The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, led by Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Commanders that run Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Edgar Markov: 8,572 decks
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed: 8,220 decks
- Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness: 3,449 decks
- Elenda, the Dusk Rose: 3,107 decks
- Minthara, Merciless Soul: 1,950 decks
- Ratadrabik of Urborg: 1,523 decks
- Malik, Grim Manipulator: 1,471 decks
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan: 1,396 decks
Often played with Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a permanent is sacrificed to pay a cost of a spell or ability, Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability will resolve before that spell or ability. Conversely, if a permanent is sacrificed during the resolution of a spell or ability, that spell or ability will finish resolving before Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's second ability is put onto the stack.
- : If another effect causes Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher's power to be less than the mana value of the target card as its last ability tries to resolve, the target is illegal. You won't return the target card to the battlefield.
- : If you sacrifice Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher, its second ability will still trigger.