Anthem of Rakdos

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Anthem of Rakdos: Enchantment, Dissension. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{R}{R}
Mana value
5
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Black and red (BR)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Dissension (DIS)
Released
2006-05-05
Collector number
102
Artist
Ralph Horsley
Commander rank
21,200 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Double, Hellbent

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About Anthem of Rakdos

Anthem of Rakdos is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and red enchantment from Dissension (DIS), an expansion set released in May 2006. It is collector number 102 in that set, with art by Ralph Horsley. It costs {2}{B}{R}{R} (two generic, one black and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is black and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. Dissension is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn and this enchantment deals 1 damage to you.

Hellbent - As long as you have no cards in hand, if a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Anthem of Rakdos by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Anthem of Rakdos, newest first.

  • The first ability triggers once for each creature you attack with. If you attack with three creatures, for example, they’ll each get +2/+0 and you’ll be dealt 3 damage.
  • If a source you control would deal damage to multiple creatures and/or players simultaneously, all of that damage is doubled.
  • If damage that would be dealt to a player or creature is affected by both Anthem of Rakdos and a damage prevention effect, that player or that creature’s controller chooses the order to apply the effects. In most cases that player will want to prevent damage, then double what’s left.
  • The hellbent ability doubles the damage dealt to you by Anthem of Rakdos itself.

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