Secrets of the Golden City

Commanders that run Secrets of the Golden City most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Talrand, Sky Summoner: 365 decks
• Gandalf, Friend of the Shire: 67 decks
• Baxter, Fly in the Ointment: 3 decks
• Yargle, Goliath of Otaria: 2 decks
• Beetle, Legacy Criminal: 1 decks
• Esior, Wardwing Familiar: 1 decks

Often played with Secrets of the Golden City

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Deadeye Brawler
• Counsel of the Soratami
• Of One Mind
• Concentrate
• Divination
• Kumena's Awakening
• Expel from Orazca
• Scour All Possibilities
• Flood of Recollection
• Blink of an Eye

Rulings

• 2018-01-19: If you cast a spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city’s blessing.
• 2018-01-19: A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren’t permanents.
• 2018-01-19: Once you have the city’s blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city’s blessing isn’t a permanent itself and can’t be removed by any effect.
• 2018-01-19: If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the “Legend Rule” or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city’s blessing before it leaves the battlefield.
• 2018-01-19: If you control ten permanents but don’t control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don’t get the city’s blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of one, then cast Golden Demise, you won’t have the city’s blessing and the spell will affect creatures you control.