Smothering Tithe
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay 2. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Combos with Smothering Tithe
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.
- Stasis Infinite
- Mass Land Denial
- Players skip their untap steps
- Lock
- Faerie Mastermind Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Infinite
- Infinite card draw for all players
- Infinite draw triggers for all players
- Near-infinite Treasure tokens
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite colorless mana
- Gleaming Splendor Anointed Procession Infinite
- Infinite card draw for any number of players
- Infinite draw triggers for any number of players
- Near-infinite Treasure tokens
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite artifact ETB
- Near-infinite artifact LTB
- Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Underworld Breach Whispering Madness Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers for all players
- Infinite looting for all players
- Infinite self-discard triggers for all players
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite Treasure tokens
- Underworld Breach Wheel of Fortune Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers for all players
- Infinite looting for all players
- Infinite self-discard triggers for all players
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite Treasure tokens
- Underworld Breach Reforge the Soul Infinite
- Infinite draw triggers for all players
- Infinite looting for all players
- Infinite self-discard triggers for all players
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite Treasure tokens
- Otherworld Atlas Clock of Omens Infinite
- Infinite card draw for all players
- Infinite draw triggers for all players
- Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Folio of Fancies Clock of Omens Infinite
- Infinite card draw
- Near-infinite mill
- Near-infinite colored mana
- Near-infinite Treasure tokens
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.
- 2023-09-01
If an opponent is instructed to draw multiple cards, that player draws all of them before deciding how many times to pay as the multiple triggered abilities from Smothering Tithe resolve.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Smothering Tithe, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giada, Font of Hope | 2 | 0 | — |
| Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis | 2 | 0 | — |
| Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir | 2 | 0 | — |
| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad | 1 | 0 | — |
| Athreos, God of Passage | 1 | 0 | — |
| Baylen, the Haymaker | 1 | 0 | — |
| Captain America, First Avenger | 1 | 0 | — |
| Clavileño, First of the Blessed | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Esper 5 decks
- Mono-White 3 decks
- Mardu 3 decks
- Naya 3 decks
- Orzhov 2 decks
- Five-Color 2 decks
- Four-Color (no Black) 2 decks
- Azorius 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Smothering Tithe price history
The Commander Masters #57 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 | $58.10 | $62.98 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $58.10 | $62.98 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $58.00 | $62.98 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $58.28 | $62.67 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $58.28 | $62.42 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $58.23 | $62.42 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $58.16 | $62.42 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $58.35 | $62.42 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $58.03 | $62.42 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $58.13 | $62.42 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $58.82 | $62.42 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $58.47 | $61.70 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $58.44 | $61.70 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $56.83 | $61.70 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $57.12 | $61.70 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $56.14 | $61.86 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $56.15 | $61.86 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $56.81 | $61.86 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $56.78 | $61.86 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $57.33 | $61.86 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $57.14 | $61.86 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $57.41 | $61.86 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $57.33 | $61.86 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $57.75 | $62.53 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Smothering Tithe
13 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 Drop
- Foil
- $812.29
Showcase
Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales
- Normal
- $62.91
- Foil
- $77.59
Inverted
Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales
- Normal
- $200.10
- Foil
- $423.19
Inverted
Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales
- Foil
- $1,748.54
Etched
- Etched
- $75.57
- Normal
- $58.10
- Foil
- $62.98
Inverted
- Normal
- $73.74
- Foil
- $86.46
Promo
Judge Gift Cards 2022
- Foil
- $110.84
- Normal
- $55.31
- Foil
- $59.00
Inverted
- Normal
- $70.83
- Foil
- $86.65
Etched
- Etched
- $74.68
- Normal
- $52.71
- Foil
- $59.93
Promo
Ravnica Allegiance Promos
- Normal
- $57.17
- Foil
- $59.26
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Smothering Tithe. 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.
