Dictate of Erebos
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Combos with Dictate of Erebos
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Overseer of the Damned Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control
- Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control
- Lock
- Overseer of the Damned Viscera Seer Infinite
- Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control
- Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control
- Lock
- Overseer of the Damned Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control
- Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control
- Lock
- Overseer of the Damned Altar of Dementia Infinite
- Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control
- Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control
- Lock
- Overseer of the Damned Woe Strider Infinite
- Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control
- Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control
- Lock
- Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace Animation Module Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control
- Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Ashnod's Altar Myr Moonvessel Infinite
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
- Glissa, the Traitor Phyrexian Altar Myr Moonvessel Infinite
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite death triggers
- Near-infinite creature ETB
- Near-infinite creature LTB
- Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Near-infinite storm count
- Opponents sacrifice all their creatures each turn
- Lock
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
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2014-04-26
If you and an opponent each control a Dictate of Erebos and a creature dies, a chain reaction happens. First the ability of one player's Dictate of Erebos will trigger, causing each opponent to sacrifice a creature. That sacrifice causes the ability of the other player's Dictate of Erebos to trigger, and so on.
- 2014-04-26
If you control more than one Dictate of Erebos and a creature you control dies, each of the triggered abilities will trigger. Each opponent will sacrifice a creature each time one of those abilities resolves.
- 2014-04-26
When the triggered ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses which creature they will sacrifice, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
- 2014-04-26
If multiple creatures you control die at the same time, Dictate of Erebos's triggered ability will trigger that many times.
- 2014-04-26
None of the opponents are targeted. An opponent with hexproof would still sacrifice a creature.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Dictate of Erebos, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahadi, Emporium Master | 1 | 1 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 1 deck
Every version of Dictate of Erebos
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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $14.87
- Foil
- —
Borderless
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $37.12
- Foil
- —
The List
- Normal
- $20.62
Journey into Nyx
- Normal
- $18.10
- Foil
- $29.87
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Dictate of Erebos — a name search across every version, for 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.
