Crackling Doom
- Mana cost
- {R}{W}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir Promos #171s (rare)
Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.
Crackling Doom has 7 printings, first in Khans of Tarkir (2014). EDHREC ranks it #2,146 among Commander cards. It appears most in Terra, Herald of Hope decks (8,861 on EDHREC). 4 public decks on TCG run it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Crackling Doom
- Open Hostility - Commander 2016, led by Saskia the Unyielding
- Revival Trance - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Terra, Herald of Hope
- Ruthless Regiment - Commander 2020, led by Jirina Kudro
- Vampiric Bloodlust - Commander 2017, led by Edgar Markov
Commanders that run Crackling Doom most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Terra, Herald of Hope: 8,861 decks
- Kaalia of the Vast: 8,306 decks
- Queen Marchesa: 7,211 decks
- Edgar Markov: 6,801 decks
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One: 4,796 decks
- Omnath, Locus of All: 3,881 decks
- Malik, Grim Manipulator: 2,604 decks
- Kelsien, the Plague: 2,257 decks
Often played with Crackling Doom
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : In a multiplayer game, each opponent, starting with the active player and proceeding in turn order, chooses which creature they will sacrifice and then all creatures are sacrificed at the same time. Each successive player will know what the players before them chose to sacrifice.
- : Crackling Doom doesn't target any player or creature. For example, a creature with protection from black could be sacrificed.
- : The sacrifice is not dependent on the damage being dealt. It doesn't matter if that damage is prevented or redirected.
- : If a player controls two or more creatures tied for the greatest power among creatures they control, that player chooses one of them to sacrifice.