War Cadence
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Mercadian Masques #224 (uncommon)
- Price
- $2.00 USD
{X}{R}: This turn, creatures can't block unless their controller pays {X} for each blocking creature they control.
War Cadence has 2 printings, first in Mercadian Masques (1999). EDHREC ranks it #12,147 among Commander cards. It appears most in Magar of the Magic Strings decks (597 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 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 War Cadence
- Nature of the Beast - Commander 2013, led by Marath, Will of the Wild
Commanders that run War Cadence most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Magar of the Magic Strings: 597 decks
- Avatar Roku, Firebender: 524 decks
- Marisi, Breaker of the Coil: 443 decks
- Tesak, Judith's Hellhound: 379 decks
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser: 217 decks
- J. Jonah Jameson: 201 decks
- Iroh, Dragon of the West: 188 decks
- Grand Warlord Radha: 110 decks
Often played with War Cadence
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The ability only applies to blocks declared after it resolves. It will not add costs to any blockers already announced.
- : You can choose X=0. This doesn’t have an effect most of the time, but it does mean that creatures can’t block unless the controller chooses to pay the cost (a cost of zero is not automatically paid). You can use this to make your creatures unable to block an attacker.