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Orcus, Prince of Undeath
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Orcus, Prince of Undeath

{X}{2}{B}{R}

Legendary Creature — Demon

Flying, trample

When Orcus enters, choose one —

• Each other creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You lose X life.

• Return up to X target creature cards with total mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain haste until end of turn.

5 / 3

FlyingTrample
Set
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Promos (PAFR #229a)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2021-07-23
Artist
Andrew Mar
EDHREC rank
#8,506
Colour identity
{B}{R}
Finishes
Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
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 0.47
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
RecursionRemovalSweeper

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Songs of the Damned 35 %+33.0 %
  2. Wand of Orcus 32 %+31.6 %
  3. Victimize 42 %+27.2 %
  4. Shambling Ghast 28 %+26.0 %
  5. Black Market 30 %+25.2 %
  6. Raphael, Fiendish Savior 27 %+24.1 %
  7. Stitcher's Supplier 25 %+22.9 %
  8. Ashnod's Altar 32 %+21.8 %
  9. Balor 23 %+21.3 %
  10. Buried Alive 26 %+21.3 %
  11. Rakdos, Lord of Riots 28 %+21.2 %
  12. Zulaport Cutthroat 29 %+21.0 %
  13. Harvester of Souls 24 %+20.3 %
  14. Mahadi, Emporium Master 33 %+20.3 %
  15. Carrion Feeder 24 %+20.0 %
  16. Herald of Slaanesh 22 %+19.9 %
  17. Kardur, Doomscourge 37 %+19.6 %
  18. Living Death 23 %+19.0 %
  19. The Balrog, Durin's Bane 21 %+18.9 %
  20. Accursed Marauder 24 %+18.9 %
  21. Impulsive Pilferer 25 %+18.5 %
  22. Dread Return 21 %+17.2 %
  23. Pitiless Plunderer 29 %+16.5 %
  24. Midnight Reaper 18 %+16.1 %
  25. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 26 %+16.0 %
  26. Village Rites 31 %+15.8 %
  27. Rakdos, the Showstopper 17 %+14.8 %
  28. Chainer, Nightmare Adept 22 %+14.4 %
  29. Rune-Scarred Demon 18 %+14.3 %
  30. Rakdos, Patron of Chaos 20 %+14.3 %
  31. Flayer of the Hatebound 16 %+14.2 %
  32. Faithless Looting 41 %+14.2 %
  33. Liliana's Contract 16 %+14.1 %
  34. Blood Artist 32 %+14.0 %
  35. Crypt of Agadeem 15 %+13.9 %
  36. Syr Konrad, the Grim 23 %+13.8 %
  37. Archfiend of Depravity 17 %+13.6 %
  38. Cabal Coffers 23 %+13.6 %
  39. Viscera Seer 23 %+13.5 %
  40. Blood Pet 15 %+13.0 %
  41. Reaper from the Abyss 14 %+12.8 %
  42. Séance Board 15 %+12.5 %
  43. Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber 15 %+12.3 %
  44. Burnished Hart 16 %+12.1 %
  45. Grim Haruspex 15 %+12.0 %
  46. Gravecrawler 13 %+11.6 %
  47. Westvale Abbey 13 %+11.5 %
  48. Bloodthirster 13 %+11.5 %
  49. Grim Initiate 11 %+11.0 %
  50. Impact Tremors 22 %+11.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 98 %+0.5 %
  2. Mountain 97 %-0.4 %
  3. Command Tower 75 %-11.5 %
  4. Sol Ring 74 %-11.7 %
  5. Arcane Signet 70 %-11.6 %
  6. Dragonskull Summit 56 %-9.0 %
  7. Smoldering Marsh 55 %-9.1 %
  8. Rakdos Signet 45 %-11.3 %
  9. Dark Ritual 43 %+0.0 %
  10. Blood Crypt 43 %-5.5 %
  11. Victimize 42 %+27.2 %
  12. Foreboding Ruins 41 %-4.2 %
  13. Rakdos Charm 41 %-1.9 %
  14. Faithless Looting 41 %+14.2 %
  15. Bedevil 41 %+7.2 %
  16. Blasphemous Act 40 %-11.4 %
  17. Talisman of Indulgence 38 %-17.5 %
  18. Rakdos Carnarium 37 %+7.4 %
  19. Kardur, Doomscourge 37 %+19.6 %
  20. Deadly Dispute 36 %+8.2 %
  21. Feed the Swarm 36 %-4.8 %
  22. Terminate 35 %-4.8 %
  23. Songs of the Damned 35 %+33.0 %
  24. Tainted Peak 34 %-9.1 %
  25. Mahadi, Emporium Master 33 %+20.3 %
  26. Reanimate 33 %+9.7 %
  27. Blood Artist 32 %+14.0 %
  28. Haunted Ridge 32 %-4.1 %
  29. Bojuka Bog 32 %-3.3 %
  30. Ashnod's Altar 32 %+21.8 %
  31. Wand of Orcus 32 %+31.6 %
  32. Luxury Suite 32 %-6.9 %
  33. Village Rites 31 %+15.8 %
  34. Sulfurous Springs 30 %-18.5 %
  35. Black Market 30 %+25.2 %
  36. Pitiless Plunderer 29 %+16.5 %
  37. Temple of Malice 29 %-2.6 %
  38. Zulaport Cutthroat 29 %+21.0 %
  39. Shambling Ghast 28 %+26.0 %
  40. Rakdos, Lord of Riots 28 %+21.2 %
  41. Chaos Warp 27 %-19.7 %
  42. Mayhem Devil 27 %+2.5 %
  43. Solemn Simulacrum 27 %+8.7 %
  44. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 27 %+7.8 %
  45. Raphael, Fiendish Savior 27 %+24.1 %
  46. Buried Alive 26 %+21.3 %
  47. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 26 %+16.0 %
  48. Impulsive Pilferer 25 %+18.5 %
  49. Stitcher's Supplier 25 %+22.9 %
  50. Evolving Wilds 25 %+4.9 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2021-07-23

    You may cast Orcus, Prince of Undeath with X equal to 0. If you do, the triggered ability will do nothing as it resolves.

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