Despotic Scepter

Artifact

{T}: Destroy target permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (14)

Flarhoon13 on Blim's Blumpkins

1 month ago

Nov 1 Blim's Blumpkins lost its third in a row. I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. I had given Selena--on Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir knights--Nefarious Lich. Selena had Kitnapped Laelia, the Blade Reforged. Selena attacked me with Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir and I should have just taken the damage. Instead, I killed her, using my Despotic Scepter to destroy the Nefarious Lich I had gifted her. Aubrey untapped with his Laelia, the Blade Reforged and used Hidden Volcano to absolutely murk me, exiling about 68 cards of his 87 land deck and attacking me for about 78 trampling commander damage.

Bookrook on Bullying Is NOT ok!!

2 months ago

I have my own beamtown bullies deck and it is my favorite deck of all time. A couple of cards that I love to play with: Hellcarver Demon is a way to make somebody get nothing but the top six cards of your deck. Warning: if you are the archenemy(and you usually are with this deck), your opponents will likely chump it if they have a flier. Second card, Flayer of the Hatebound. Just value every time you activate bullies. Third, Despotic Scepter. Sends it back to your graveyard. Finally, and this is a little on the pricy side, Emrakul, the World Anew. Because it is a when cast trigger that steals the creatures, it is only your opponents creatures that get sacced. My remaining friends call bullies evil Santa Claus.

Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor on Streets of New Capenna

2 years ago

The prices of Bronze Bombshell and Despotic Scepter are skyrocketing right now.....gotta love spoiler season.

Coward_Token on Blims Standup Audition (IRL)

4 years ago

Despotic Scepter: alternate killcon enabler to Telim'Tor's Edict, can also be casually be used to get rid of things you're prevented from gifting

KIRK77 on What's good for bad

6 years ago

Yeah, brisela is one big baddie and pulling it off in commander is funny.

Let me walk you through a play by play with the Desolation Giant . So say on turn 4 I cast Zedruu the Greathearted . On turn 5 I use Stifle as I play the Desolation Giant to counter his enter the battlefield trigger. On turn 6 I enchant the Desolation Giant with the False Demise and use 3 mana with zedruu to give it to my opponent. You’re right about the kicker being a cast trigger but that’s the beauty of it, because when the giant dies the next time I use it to block (or if I’m lucky enough to have my Despotic Scepter ), it will come back into play under my opponents control and they can’t pay a kicker cost so the Desolation Giant will blow up all of their creatures while mine are fine.

Skinken on What's good for bad

6 years ago

The idea seems very fun, but with no tutor's pretty inconsistent. Since you are not in green I would suggest running an artifact tutor package to get Torpor Orb . Besides being easier to fetch, being an artifact makes it a lot easier to stick on the board through the many creature board wipes in multiplayer edh. I'm a big fan of Whir of Invention myself, and Fabricate is great too. Although a little more pricey, Gamble is totally worth it too, it even synergizes well with all the draw form. Other options include Hoarding Dragon if you wanna go cheap, or Enlightened Tutor if you want to go expensive. Running artifact tutoring means more Despotic Scepter and hate pieces like Pithing Needle (another favorite of mine, it is SO much better than I first thought)

There are a couple of cards in the deck I don't like as much, mainly because they don't work well with Torpor Orb in play: Akroan Horse , Bruna, the Fading Light and Desolation Giant . Remember that the tokens given to your opponents are not owned by you:

From the Comprehensive Rules (Dominaria (April 27, 2018)) 110.5a A token is both owned and controlled by the player under whose control it entered the battlefield.

Desolation Giant is bad with Torpor Orb as well as without it compared to a card like Phyrexian Rebirth . If you really want the Brisela, Voice of Nightmares , and don't care that you have little to no tutors and a deck that really tries hard to stop the reanimation trigger, I won't be one to stop you, Brizzy is pretty dope ;)

Cool that you are having success with such a wild build though! Hf my guy

Bchong on Jhoira's egg storm (DOM)

6 years ago

You probably don't need so many wincons in your deck it is probably better to put in other artifacts like Pentad Prism Basalt Monolith Ancestral Statue Mycosynth Wellspring Quicksmith Genius Despotic Scepter Windfall Wheel of Fortune Winds of Change Simian Spirit Guide

you should also take out your Metalworker Solemn Simulacrum

You might have to put in something like Lightning Greaves just seeing as playing your commander means you win...

I am not sure if you should... but I think Paradox Engine still fits and is preferable over a Solemn Simulacrum

You might even be in the position to actually lower land count but it is up to you. I was also planning to basically make the same exact deck.

MisterBeandipJones on The Locust God

7 years ago

shub Both are great suggestions! Thanks. These explanations are not meant to prove you wrong; but rather they are my personal reasons of why these cards didn't make the cut.

Goblin Bombardment (GB) seems like a great card on paper for this deck and I have always been on the fence about it. I've tried it several times in the past in this list, but nine times out of ten at 2 CMC it just ended up being a mediocre version of Impact Tremors/Throne of the God-Pharaoh, or a mediocre Lightning Greaves/Swiftfoot Boots. I found that if I wanted to use GB for damage, Tremors/Throne/Purphoros, God of the Forge deal and spread more damage as they hit each opponent evenly. And by giving LG hexproof or shroud I avoid having to recast him. 6 mana is a major setback and I try to avoid paying it at all costs. I do run High Market and Despotic Scepter as incidental sac outlets, but I'd rather protect LG with countermagic and equipment if possible.

Ashnod's Altar is an intentional omission as it combos infinitely with Skullclamp and that's not what I'm trying to do here. The fact that it is a mana-making sac outlet it great, but in the end I just don't need it. Clamp is crazy enough as is haha!

The artifact lands serve two minor purposes without taking up extra card slots. First of all, they help reach metalcraft for Stoic Rebuttal to turn it into another Counterspell. Second, they turn Trinket Mage into a Borderland Ranger if needed. So far I haven't had artifact removal ever hurt me because of the artifact lands. I do my best to keep up countermagic for things like Vandalblast because that hurts a lot!

Thanks for your input. I might consider running Goblin Bombardment again in the future. :)