Spawn of Mayhem

Commanders that run Spawn of Mayhem most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Rakdos, Lord of Riots: 4,235 decks
• Abaddon the Despoiler: 1,118 decks
• Rakdos, the Showstopper: 224 decks
• Florian, Voldaren Scion: 122 decks
• Sahir, Visitor in Darkness: 57 decks
• Rakdos the Defiler: 33 decks
• Massacre Girl, Most Wanted: 20 decks

Often played with Spawn of Mayhem

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Lobber Crew
• Duskmantle Seer
• Dread Cacodemon
• Nettle Drone
• Lim-Dûl's Hex
• Cryptolith Fragment
• Heralds of Tzeentch
• Spear Spewer
• Soulcage Fiend
• Plague Spitter

Rulings

• 2019-01-25: If each player has 0 life after Spawn of Mayhem's triggered ability resolves, each player loses the game at the same time and the game ends in a draw.
• 2019-01-25: If Spawn of Mayhem gains lifelink, the damage it deals will cause you to simultaneously lose and gain life. If your life total is 1, you won't lose the game.
• 2019-01-25: In a Two-Headed Giant game, Spawn of Mayhem's last ability causes each team to lose 2 life. Then if your team's life total is 10 or less, you put a +1/+1 counter on Spawn of Mayhem.
• 2024-01-12: Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
• 2024-01-12: Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
• 2024-01-12: In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
• 2024-01-12: Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
• 2024-01-12: A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
• 2024-01-12: To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.