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Tyrant of Discord

Creature — Elemental4 generic manaRed manaRed manaRed mana

Most edicts ask the opponent to part with their worst permanent. This one rolls dice instead, and the randomness compounds: a coin-flip cascade that keeps sacrificing as long as it keeps hitting nonland permanents, and only stops when the random selection lands on a land. That single clause is the design's whole engine. Against a board of three creatures and an enchantment, you might strip the lot or you might whiff into a Forest on the first roll. The variance cuts both ways and it is the entire bargain: in exchange for accepting a chaos outcome you can neither sequence nor steer, the ceiling is a full-board sweep stapled to a 7/7. There is a perverse honesty to handing the opponent the selection (the text gives it to them, made at random), since neither player gets to protect a key piece or dump a token first. It is a swingy, top-heavy finisher built for the kind of red deck that has already committed to going long and wants its expensive payoff to do something explosive when it lands. The body alone closes games; the trigger is a lottery ticket attached to it, and the design leans all the way into the gamble rather than apologizing for it.

Tyrant of Discord (avr)
AVR · #162rare
Pricing
Normal: $3.13
Foil: $4.43
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, target opponent chooses a permanent they control at random and sacrifices it. If a nonland permanent is sacrificed this way, repeat this process.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
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