Sarkhan the Mad
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
- Loyalty
- 7
- Set
- The List #ROE-214 (mythic)
0: Reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Sarkhan deals damage to himself equal to that card's mana value.
−2: Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then that player creates a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
−4: Each Dragon creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker.
Sarkhan the Mad has 2 printings, first in Rise of the Eldrazi (2010). EDHREC ranks it #19,034 among Commander cards. It appears most in Rivaz of the Claw decks (398 on EDHREC). It has 7 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Sarkhan the Mad most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Rivaz of the Claw: 398 decks
- Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund: 163 decks
- Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord: 87 decks
- Bladewing the Risen: 41 decks
- Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury: 24 decks
- Dragonlord Kolaghan: 10 decks
Often played with Sarkhan the Mad
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The first ability causes Sarkhan to deal damage directly to himself, resulting in that many loyalty counters being removed from him. The damage would never have been dealt to you, so prevention effects that would prevent damage from being dealt to you won't affect it.
- : If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time the second ability resolves, the ability doesn't resolve. The player won't get a Dragon token.
- : If you target an opponent with the third ability, you choose separately for each Dragon creature you control whether or not to redirect the damage dealt by that Dragon to a planeswalker that player controls.
- : You choose a single target as you activate the third ability. All your Dragons deal damage to that player.
- : If the targeted creature is a legal target by the time the second ability resolves but its controller can't sacrifice it (due to Tajuru Preserver, perhaps), the ability continues to resolve. That player gets a Dragon token.
- : Unlike previous planeswalkers, Sarkhan the Mad has no way to raise his loyalty.
- : Once the first ability starts to resolve and you reveal the top card of your library (and see how much damage Sarkhan the Mad deals to himself), it's too late to respond.