Throne of the High City
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
T: Add .
4, T, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2016-08-23
Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
- 2016-08-23
Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "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."
- 2016-08-23
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.
- 2016-08-23
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Throne of the High City, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| T'Challa, the Black Panther | 4 | 3 | — |
| Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh | 1 | 0 | — |
| Éowyn, Shieldmaiden | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Selesnya 4 decks
- Mono-Red 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Throne of the High City price history
The Marvel Super Heroes Commander #274 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.25 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.25 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.32 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.33 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.26 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Throne of the High City
5 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
- $0.26
- Foil
- —
Extended Art
- Normal
- $0.37
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Normal
- $0.36
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $0.32
- Normal
- $0.42
- Foil
- $5.63
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Throne of the High City. 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.
