Scourge of the Throne
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.
Combos with Scourge of the Throne
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.
- Helm of the Host Infinite
- Infinite combat phases
- Infinite creature tokens with haste
- Infinite creature ETB
- Rionya, Fire Dancer Infinite
- Infinite combat phases
- Infinite creature tokens with haste
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen Viscera Seer Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite scry 1
- Infinite combat phases
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2014-05-29
The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.
- 2014-05-29
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.
- 2014-05-29
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.)
- 2014-05-29
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.
- 2023-07-28
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Scourge of the Throne, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathliss, Dragon Queen | 13 | 0 | — |
| Ureni of the Unwritten | 3 | 0 | — |
| Tsagan, Raider Warlord | 1 | 1 | — |
| Eshki, Temur's Roar | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kratos, God of War | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sauron, Lord of the Rings | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tannuk, Steadfast Second | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tiamat | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Red 15 decks
- Temur 4 decks
- Grixis 1 deck
- Mardu 1 deck
- Five-Color 1 deck
Scourge of the Throne price history
The Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #230 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.62 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.62 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.64 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.66 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.67 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.68 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.69 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.71 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.70 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.72 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.73 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.70 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.71 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.73 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.67 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.63 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.62 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.60 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.58 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Scourge of the Throne
9 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
- $0.33
- Normal
- $0.62
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Normal
- $0.62
- Normal
- $0.80
- Foil
- $2.02
Etched
- Etched
- $8.62
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $1.00
Inverted
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $20.17
- Foil
- $23.34
- Normal
- $0.92
- Foil
- $1.36
- Normal
- $1.32
- Foil
- $12.99
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Scourge of the Throne. 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.
