Invoke Despair
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}{B}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos #101s (rare)
Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they can't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a planeswalker.
Invoke Despair has 8 printings, first in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022). EDHREC ranks it #9,062 among Commander cards. It appears most in Baron Helmut Zemo decks (1,426 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Invoke Despair most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Baron Helmut Zemo: 1,426 decks
- Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern: 1,045 decks
- Zevlor, Elturel Exile: 744 decks
- Magar of the Magic Strings: 648 decks
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: 594 decks
- Phage the Untouchable: 179 decks
- Sheoldred // The True Scriptures: 97 decks
- Kaervek, the Punisher: 90 decks
Often played with Invoke Despair
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The target opponent doesn't choose whether to sacrifice a creature or not, although they do choose which creature they control to sacrifice.
- : When you repeat the process, you don't choose a new player. The same player sacrifices each of the three permanents, if able.
- : You repeat the process for an enchantment and a planeswalker whether the target opponent was able to sacrifice a creature or not.