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Cao Cao, Lord of Wei
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Cao Cao, Lord of Wei

{3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

{T}: Target opponent discards two cards. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

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Set
From the Vault: Legends (V11 #1)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
5
Released
2011-08-26
Artist
Gao Jianzhang
EDHREC rank
#22,419
Colour identity
{B}
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 0.71
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

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. Waste Not 82 %+71.6 %
  2. Geth's Grimoire 75 %+68.5 %
  3. Megrim 73 %+67.5 %
  4. Liliana's Caress 71 %+65.9 %
  5. Painful Quandary 70 %+60.2 %
  6. Oppression 66 %+58.4 %
  7. Tourach, Dread Cantor 60 %+55.7 %
  8. Tinybones, Trinket Thief 55 %+51.0 %
  9. The Raven Man 55 %+49.5 %
  10. Shrieking Affliction 51 %+49.2 %
  11. Syphon Mind 61 %+49.2 %
  12. Fell Specter 53 %+48.7 %
  13. Sangromancer 55 %+44.7 %
  14. Quest for the Nihil Stone 46 %+44.4 %
  15. Hypnotic Specter 47 %+44.3 %
  16. Raiders' Wake 47 %+43.7 %
  17. Mind Twist 43 %+42.2 %
  18. Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal 48 %+41.9 %
  19. Dark Deal 53 %+41.8 %
  20. Bottomless Pit 46 %+41.2 %
  21. Cunning Advisor 41 %+40.5 %
  22. Tergrid, God of Fright 46 %+38.4 %
  23. Wei Night Raiders 38 %+37.7 %
  24. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar 40 %+36.4 %
  25. Hymn to Tourach 38 %+36.1 %
  26. Geier Reach Sanitarium 44 %+33.5 %
  27. Court of Ambition 37 %+33.1 %
  28. Burglar Rat 42 %+31.9 %
  29. Torment of Hailfire 46 %+31.5 %
  30. Rankle, Master of Pranks 43 %+31.0 %
  31. Cunning Lethemancer 32 %+29.0 %
  32. Unnerve 30 %+28.9 %
  33. Wheel of Torture 29 %+28.7 %
  34. Bandit's Talent 34 %+28.5 %
  35. The Rack 27 %+27.0 %
  36. Liliana of the Veil 34 %+27.0 %
  37. Elderfang Disciple 33 %+26.7 %
  38. Asylum Visitor 27 %+25.3 %
  39. Nezumi Informant 31 %+24.7 %
  40. Virus Beetle 31 %+24.4 %
  41. Overwhelming Forces 25 %+24.0 %
  42. Corrupt Court Official 23 %+23.0 %
  43. Liliana's Specter 24 %+21.7 %
  44. Doom Blade 29 %+21.6 %
  45. The Haunt of Hightower 24 %+21.6 %
  46. Necrogoyf 26 %+21.3 %
  47. Rotting Rats 24 %+21.0 %
  48. Mindslicer 25 %+20.7 %
  49. Patriar's Seal 23 %+20.2 %
  50. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 20 %+19.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.2 %
  2. Sol Ring 85 %-0.8 %
  3. Waste Not 82 %+71.6 %
  4. Geth's Grimoire 75 %+68.5 %
  5. Megrim 73 %+67.5 %
  6. Liliana's Caress 71 %+65.9 %
  7. Painful Quandary 70 %+60.2 %
  8. Jet Medallion 69 %+7.1 %
  9. Dark Ritual 69 %+1.8 %
  10. Cabal Coffers 68 %+13.2 %
  11. Oppression 66 %+58.4 %
  12. Syphon Mind 61 %+49.2 %
  13. Tourach, Dread Cantor 60 %+55.7 %
  14. Bojuka Bog 56 %+8.8 %
  15. The Raven Man 55 %+49.5 %
  16. Tinybones, Trinket Thief 55 %+51.0 %
  17. Sangromancer 55 %+44.7 %
  18. Crypt Ghast 54 %+6.8 %
  19. Fell Specter 53 %+48.7 %
  20. Dark Deal 53 %+41.8 %
  21. Arcane Signet 52 %-9.4 %
  22. Shrieking Affliction 51 %+49.2 %
  23. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 50 %+12.0 %
  24. Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal 48 %+41.9 %
  25. Hypnotic Specter 47 %+44.3 %
  26. Raiders' Wake 47 %+43.7 %
  27. Quest for the Nihil Stone 46 %+44.4 %
  28. Bottomless Pit 46 %+41.2 %
  29. Torment of Hailfire 46 %+31.5 %
  30. Tergrid, God of Fright 46 %+38.4 %
  31. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 46 %-4.4 %
  32. Phyrexian Arena 45 %+5.3 %
  33. Geier Reach Sanitarium 44 %+33.5 %
  34. Mind Twist 43 %+42.2 %
  35. Cabal Stronghold 43 %+9.5 %
  36. Rankle, Master of Pranks 43 %+31.0 %
  37. Burglar Rat 42 %+31.9 %
  38. Defile 41 %+5.9 %
  39. Sign in Blood 41 %+5.7 %
  40. Cunning Advisor 41 %+40.5 %
  41. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar 40 %+36.4 %
  42. Go for the Throat 38 %+15.8 %
  43. Damnation 38 %+18.3 %
  44. Hymn to Tourach 38 %+36.1 %
  45. Feed the Swarm 38 %-12.6 %
  46. Wei Night Raiders 38 %+37.7 %
  47. Court of Ambition 37 %+33.1 %
  48. Reanimate 37 %-4.3 %
  49. Syr Konrad, the Grim 36 %+16.0 %
  50. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 35 %+5.6 %

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 Not legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2013-09-20

    If a turn has multiple combat phases, the ability can only be activated before the beginning of the declare attackers step of the first combat phase in that turn.

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