Scourge of the Throne
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SetLTC
Collector #225
Released2023-06-23
Raritymythic
ArtistAlexander Ostrowski
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Scourge of the Throne

MythicColour IDMV 6
Creature — Dragon
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.
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FlyingDethrone
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Rulings (5)
wotc28 Jul 2023
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.
wotc29 May 2014
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.
wotc29 May 2014
The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.
wotc29 May 2014
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.
wotc29 May 2014
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.)