Pain Distributor
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Devil Citizen
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 3
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander #33 (rare)
- Price
- $4.56 USD
Menace
Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, they create a Treasure token.
Whenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.
Pain Distributor has 2 printings, first in March of the Machine Commander (2023). EDHREC ranks it #5,268 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kibo, Uktabi Prince decks (4,479 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 Pain Distributor
- Tinker Time - March of the Machine Commander, led by Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy
Commanders that run Pain Distributor most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince: 4,479 decks
- Vazi, Keen Negotiator: 3,421 decks
- Jaws, Relentless Predator: 2,479 decks
- Jolene, the Plunder Queen: 2,025 decks
- Zurzoth, Chaos Rider: 1,405 decks
- Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin: 1,100 decks
- The Lord of Pain: 861 decks
- Raphael, Fiendish Savior: 809 decks
Often played with Pain Distributor
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Pain Distributor’s second ability triggers whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, not just on their own turn.
- : Pain Distributor’s ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger, but not before you have to pay for the original spell. You won’t be able to use the Treasure token you create to pay for it.
- : Pain Distributor has to be on the battlefield at the moment they cast their first spell. Notably, Pain Distributor’s first ability won’t trigger for you on the turn you cast it, although it may trigger if another player casts their first spell that turn after Pain Distributor is on the battlefield. If a spell causes Pain Distributor to leave the battlefield as an additional cost to cast it, the ability won’t trigger.