Skyline Despot Price
7 printings · 7 sets · first printed 2016
Skyline Despot has been printed 7 times across 7 sets, first in 2016 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is Foundations Commander #176 at $0.35, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #1529 at $4.13 — about 12× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $0.83. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 7x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, Foundations Commander.
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Every Skyline Despot Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Commander #176 (U) Cheapest | 2026 | $0.35 | — |
| Forgotten Realms Commander #140 (R) | 2021 | $0.62 | — |
| Conspiracy: Take the Crown #57 (R) | 2016 | $0.83 | $1.80 foil |
| Commander Masters #254 (U) | 2023 | $0.96 | $0.50 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #1529 (R) Foil | 2025 | $4.13 | $2.75 foil |
| The List #CMM-254 (U) | 2026 | — | — |
| Treasure Chest #28 (R) | 2016 | — | — |
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When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 7 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsBeing the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. “At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card” and “Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch.”
The last ability of Skyline Despot checks to see if you're the monarch as your upkeep begins. If you're not, the ability won't trigger at all. You won't be able to do anything that would make you the monarch during your upkeep in time to have that ability trigger. The ability will also check to see if you're the monarch as it tries to resolve. If you're not the monarch at that time, the ability will have no effect.
If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.
Abilities that trigger whenever you “become the monarch” trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.