Court of Ambition
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What it does
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2020-11-10
The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.
- 2020-11-10
If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
- 2020-11-10
There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
- 2020-11-10
If combat damage dealt to the monarch causes that player to lose the game, the triggered ability that causes the controller of the attacking creature to become the monarch doesn't resolve. In most cases, the controller of the attacking creature will still become the monarch as it is likely their turn.
- 2020-11-10
If the monarch leaves the game during another player's turn, that player becomes the monarch. If the monarch leaves the game during their turn, the next player in turn order becomes the monarch.
- 2020-11-10
As Court of Ambition's second ability resolves, first the next opponent in turn order chooses whether they are discarding or not. If they are, they choose a card without revealing it (or two cards without revealing them, if you're the monarch), then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then each chosen card is discarded simultaneously, and finally each player who couldn't or didn't discard loses the appropriate amount of life.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Court of Ambition, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes in a Half Shell | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Five-Color 1 deck
Court of Ambition price history
The Commander Legends #114 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 26, 2026 | $6.25 | $5.99 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $6.09 | $6.05 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $5.90 | $6.05 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $5.56 | $5.94 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $5.33 | $5.93 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $5.36 | $5.95 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $5.32 | $5.95 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $5.31 | $5.95 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $5.39 | $5.95 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $5.34 | $5.95 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $5.52 | $5.95 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $6.08 | $5.95 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $5.94 | $5.98 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $5.89 | $6.00 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $6.32 | $6.00 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $6.58 | $6.00 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $6.49 | $6.00 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $6.49 | $5.97 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $6.69 | $5.90 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $6.42 | $5.90 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $6.65 | $5.97 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $6.58 | $5.97 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $6.48 | $5.97 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $6.47 | $5.97 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $6.29 | $5.97 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $6.13 | $5.97 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $5.65 | $5.97 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Court of Ambition
3 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.
- Normal
- —
- Normal
- $6.25
- Foil
- $5.99
Extended Art
- Normal
- $10.44
- Foil
- $12.31
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Court of Ambition. 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.
