Maximum Carnage
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}
- Type
- Enchantment — Saga
- Set
- Through the Omenpaths #87 (rare)
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Until your next turn, each creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.
II — Add {R}{R}{R}.
III — This Saga deals 5 damage to each opponent.
Maximum Carnage has 4 printings, first in Marvel's Spider-Man (2025). EDHREC ranks it #4,809 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kratos, God of War decks (3,166 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Maximum Carnage most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kratos, God of War: 3,166 decks
- Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector: 2,127 decks
- Norman Osborn // Green Goblin: 1,762 decks
- Cosmic Spider-Man: 1,257 decks
- Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser: 621 decks
- Deadpool, Trading Card: 567 decks
- Avatar Roku, Firebender: 539 decks
- Kardur, Doomscourge: 527 decks
Often played with Maximum Carnage
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : However, if such a creature can't attack players other than you, it must attack you (unless you control it) or a planeswalker or battle it can attack.
- : Maximum Carnage's first chapter ability affects all creatures until your next turn, regardless of whether or not they were on the battlefield at the time the ability resolved.
- : Although the effects of the first chapter ability are the same as the goad keyword action, that ability doesn't cause any creatures to become goaded. Effects that refer to "goaded creatures" won't apply.
- : If a creature under the effects of the first chapter ability can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped or having come under your control that turn), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you're not forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.