Fall of Cair Andros
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos #124s (rare)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls is dealt excess noncombat damage, amass Orcs X, where X is that excess damage. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
{7}{R}: This enchantment deals 7 damage to target creature.
Fall of Cair Andros has 5 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #6,975 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (8,209 on EDHREC). It has 8 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Fall of Cair Andros most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 8,209 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 3,639 decks
- The Great Goblin: 1,071 decks
- Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer: 466 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 377 decks
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain: 363 decks
- Zurgo Helmsmasher: 306 decks
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame: 290 decks
Often played with Fall of Cair Andros
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : To amass Orcs N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- : Some spells and abilities that amass Orcs may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't amass Orcs.
- : If you don't control an Army, the Orc Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
- : In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Orcs, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- : Amass Zombies works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.
- : Excess damage has been dealt to a creature if the damage dealt to it is greater than lethal damage. Usually, this means damage greater than its toughness, although damage already marked on the creature is taken into account.
- : Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
- : Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."