Sarkhan the Mad
Sarkhan the Mad: Legendary Planeswalker - Sarkhan, Rise of the Eldrazi. [0]: Reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Sarkhan
- Colour identity
- Black and red (BR)
- Loyalty
- 7
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE)
- Released
- 2010-04-23
- Collector number
- 214
- Artist
- Chippy
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About Sarkhan the Mad
Sarkhan the Mad is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black and red legendary planeswalker from Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE), an expansion set released in April 2010. It is collector number 214 in that set, with art by Chippy. It costs {3}{B}{R} (three generic, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It enters with 7 loyalty. Its colour identity is black and red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Rise of the Eldrazi (2010) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
[0]: Reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Sarkhan deals damage to himself equal to that card's mana value.
[−2]: Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then that player creates a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
[−4]: Each Dragon creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.38 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sarkhan the Mad by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Sarkhan the Mad
Sarkhan the Mad has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #ROE-214 | Mythic | 2020 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Sarkhan the Mad, newest first.
- The first ability causes Sarkhan to deal damage directly to himself, resulting in that many loyalty counters being removed from him. The damage would never have been dealt to you, so prevention effects that would prevent damage from being dealt to you won't affect it.
- If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time the second ability resolves, the ability doesn't resolve. The player won't get a Dragon token.
- If you target an opponent with the third ability, you choose separately for each Dragon creature you control whether or not to redirect the damage dealt by that Dragon to a planeswalker that player controls.
- You choose a single target as you activate the third ability. All your Dragons deal damage to that player.
- If the targeted creature is a legal target by the time the second ability resolves but its controller can't sacrifice it (due to Tajuru Preserver, perhaps), the ability continues to resolve. That player gets a Dragon token.
- Unlike previous planeswalkers, Sarkhan the Mad has no way to raise his loyalty.
- Once the first ability starts to resolve and you reveal the top card of your library (and see how much damage Sarkhan the Mad deals to himself), it's too late to respond.
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