Scourge of the Throne
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Dragon
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 5
- Set
- Vintage Masters #184 (mythic)
Flying
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever this creature attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Scourge of the Throne has 10 printings, first in Conspiracy (2014). EDHREC ranks it #1,271 among Commander cards. It appears most in Ureni of the Unwritten decks (16,817 on EDHREC). 4 public decks on TCG run it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Scourge of the Throne
- Deadly Disguise - Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, led by Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
- Hosts of Mordor - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings
- Reign of Dragons - Foundations Commander, led by Lathliss, Dragon Queen
- Temur Roar - Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander, led by Eshki, Temur's Roar
Commanders that run Scourge of the Throne most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Ureni of the Unwritten: 16,817 decks
- The Ur-Dragon: 9,920 decks
- Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm: 8,200 decks
- Kaalia of the Vast: 8,089 decks
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 5,854 decks
- Tannuk, Steadfast Second: 4,211 decks
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen: 3,497 decks
- Rivaz of the Claw: 3,464 decks
Often played with Scourge of the Throne
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.
- : Once dethrone triggers, it doesn't matter what happens to the players' life totals before the ability resolves. You'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature even if the defending player doesn't have the most life as the ability resolves.
- : Scourge of the Throne's ability has an intervening "if" clause. It must be attacking the player with the most life or tied with the most life both when it's declared as an attacker and as it starts to resolve for it to have any effect. If, at either time, the player isn't the one with the most life or tied for the most life, the ability will have no effect. Notably, this is different than how dethrone works. (Dethrone checks only once to see if the ability triggers.)
- : In a Two-Headed Giant game, dethrone will trigger if the creature attacks either player on the team with the most life or tied for the most life.
- : Dethrone doesn't trigger if the creature attacks a planeswalker, even if its controller has the most life. The same is true if the creature attacks a battle, even if its protector has the most life.