USD
$1.60
USD foil
$9.76
EUR
€0.70
MTGO
0.03 tix
Bond of Agony
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
Each other player loses X life.
The Rakdos are unique in designing torture equipment they can operate while "suffering" alongside their victims.
- Set
- Dissension (DIS #38)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 1
- Released
- 2006-05-05
- Artist
- Luca Zontini
- EDHREC rank
- #15,240
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, 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
0.30
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Not legal
Modern
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
Not legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Not legal
Rulings
- 2006-05-01
You can choose an X that’s equal to your life total. If you do, you’ll pay that much life when the spell is cast and will lose the game before it resolves.
- 2006-05-01
You can’t choose an X that’s greater than your life total.
- 2013-04-15
You must pay both X life and
. For example, if you want each other player to lose 2 life when Bond of Agony resolves, you must pay 
and 2 life.