Scourge of the Throne Price
10 printings · 9 sets · first printed 2014
Scourge of the Throne has been printed 10 times across 9 sets, first in 2014 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Foundations Commander #173 at $0.30, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #1033 at $20.18 — about 67× more. The median across 9 priced printings is $0.87. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 10x, including dedicated reprint sets like Foundations Commander, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander.
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Every Scourge of the Throne Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Commander #173 (M) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.30 | — |
| Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #230 (R) | 2025 | $0.73 | $0.08 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #160 (R) | 2024 | $0.74 | $0.30 |
| Commander Masters #253 (R) | 2023 | $0.82 | $0.33 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander #225 (M) | 2023 | $0.87 | — |
| The List #CNS-35 (M) | 2020 | $0.92 | $0.33 |
| Conspiracy #35 (M) | 2014 | $1.40 | $0.38 |
| Commander Masters #549 (R) Foil | 2023 | $8.66 | — |
| Secret Lair Drop #1033 (M) | 2022 | $20.18 | $15.50 |
| Vintage Masters #184 (M) | 2014 | — | — |
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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.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 10 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsThe +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.
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.