Sadistic Shell Game

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Sadistic Shell Game: Sorcery, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
24
Artist
Karl Kopinski
Commander rank
5,214 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Sadistic Shell Game

Sadistic Shell Game is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 24 in that set, with art by Karl Kopinski. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Starting with the next opponent in turn order, each player chooses a creature you don't control. Destroy the chosen creatures.

"Shame about your friends. Wanna see what's inside yours?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.52 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Sadistic Shell Game by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Sadistic Shell Game

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #53Rare2024

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Sadistic Shell Game.

  • Each player will know what choices players earlier in the turn order made.

Similar cards

Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

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Sadistic Shell Game is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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