MTGO
0.12 tix
Despotic Scepter
Artifact
: Destroy target permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.
"We were not meant to have such terrible things. They should be left where we found them, if not destroyed!" —Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic
Commander bracket
1
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Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos 4
Despotic Scepter+Nefarious Lich+Harmless Offering
Target opponent loses the game
809 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Despotic Scepter+Nefarious Lich+Role Reversal
Target opponent loses the game
18 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Despotic Scepter+Nefarious Lich+Zedruu the Greathearted
Target opponent loses the game
15 decks
Commander Spellbook ↗
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
Not legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Not legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Not legal
Timeless
Not legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2008-10-01
You own a nontoken permanent if it started the game in your deck. If it started the game in no one's deck (for example, it was brought into the game by Living Wish), you own it if you brought it into the game.
- 2012-10-01
A token's owner is the player under who created it.