Altar of the Brood
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Whenever another permanent you control enters, each opponent mills a card.
Combos with Altar of the Brood
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Aminatou, the Fateshifter Spark Double Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mill
- Felidar Guardian Phyrexian Metamorph Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mill
- Felidar Guardian Spark Double Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mill
- Felidar Guardian Clever Impersonator Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mill
- Esix, Fractal Bloom Avenger of Zendikar Infinite
- Infinite mill
- Near-infinite creature tokens
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Clever Impersonator Mirrormade Oblivion Ring Infinite
- Infinite mill
- Mirrormade Estrid's Invocation Oblivion Ring Infinite
- Infinite mill
- Clever Impersonator Estrid's Invocation Oblivion Ring Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mill
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2014-09-20
If Altar of the Brood enters the battlefield under your control at the same time as other permanents, its ability will trigger for each of those permanents.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Altar of the Brood, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zellix, Sanity Flayer | 2 | 0 | — |
| Marrow-Gnawer | 1 | 0 | — |
| Myrel, Shield of Argive | 1 | 0 | — |
| Phenax, God of Deception | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sen Triplets | 1 | 0 | — |
| Urza, Lord High Artificer | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 3 decks
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Dimir 1 deck
- Mono-White 1 deck
- Esper 1 deck
Altar of the Brood price history
The Khans of Tarkir #216 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $9.22 | $16.03 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $9.22 | $16.03 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $8.40 | $16.03 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $8.26 | $16.03 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $8.60 | $16.03 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $8.77 | $16.03 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $9.93 | $16.30 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $10.62 | $16.30 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $10.59 | $16.39 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $10.45 | $16.39 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $10.27 | $16.39 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $10.26 | $16.39 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $9.89 | $16.39 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $9.84 | $16.39 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $9.85 | $16.39 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $9.84 | $16.39 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $9.71 | $16.39 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $10.00 | $16.39 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $10.16 | $16.39 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $10.27 | $16.17 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $10.32 | $16.17 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $10.34 | $16.17 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $10.64 | $16.20 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $10.63 | $16.20 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $10.62 | $16.20 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $10.92 | $16.03 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Altar of the Brood
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
Secret Lair Countdown
- Normal
- $10.51
- Foil
- $12.04
Inverted
Secret Lair Countdown
- Foil
- $62.22
Promo
Ugin's Fate
- Normal
- $27.89
- Normal
- $9.22
- Foil
- $16.03
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Altar of the Brood. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
