Scourge of the Throne
Scourge of the Throne: Creature - Dragon, Foundations Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Creature - Dragon
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 173
- Artist
- Michael Komarck
- Keywords
- Flying, Dethrone
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About Scourge of the Throne
Scourge of the Throne is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 173 in that set, with art by Michael Komarck. It costs {4}{R}{R} (four generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Conspiracy (2014) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.46 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever this creature attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.46 (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 Scourge of the Throne by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Scourge of the Throne
Scourge of the Throne has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #230 | Rare | 2025 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #160 | Rare | 2024 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #253 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #549 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #225 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1033 | Mythic | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #CNS-35 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Vintage Masters (VMA) #184 | Mythic | 2014 |
| Conspiracy (CNS) #35 | Mythic | 2014 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Scourge of the Throne, newest first.
- Dethrone doesn't trigger if the creature attacks a planeswalker, even if its controller has the most life. The same is true if the creature attacks a battle, even if its protector has the most life.
- The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.
- Once dethrone triggers, it doesn't matter what happens to the players' life totals before the ability resolves. You'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature even if the defending player doesn't have the most life as the ability resolves.
- Scourge of the Throne's ability has an intervening "if" clause. It must be attacking the player with the most life or tied with the most life both when it's declared as an attacker and as it starts to resolve for it to have any effect. If, at either time, the player isn't the one with the most life or tied for the most life, the ability will have no effect. Notably, this is different than how dethrone works. (Dethrone checks only once to see if the ability triggers.)
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, dethrone will trigger if the creature attacks either player on the team with the most life or tied for the most life.
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