Tyrannize

Sorcery

Target player discards his or her hand unless he or she pays 7 life.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	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
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (14)

Raven_of_Arella on Risk of Rakdos

2 days ago

Great looking rakdos deck Ub3r_Shadow! I love the rakdos cards and playstyle! I haven't built a full Rakdos carnage deck yet but you are definitely inspiring me to go make one! After looking through the deck some cards and pet cards I think you may enjoy are: Enchantments: Spiteful Visions and Dying Wish Sorceries: Tyrannize, Feed the Swarm, and Dreadbore Instants: Showstopper, Bedevil, and Hellish Rebuke

Omniscience_is_life on None

3 years ago

Mono-white getting Dovescape , Mirrorweave , Waves of Aggression , and Swans of Bryn Argoll ? Mono-green getting Guttural Response and Wort, the Raidmother ? Mono-black getting Murderous Redcap ? Mono-red getting Tyrannize and Vexing Shusher ? I don't the flavor makes sense, nor do I think we need to make the change. It'd be a very confusing thing for new players, you'll have to remember.

I can see the attraction though, and I agree that it's a good thing to discuss.

Tyrant-Thanatos on Tyrannize or Bedevil?

4 years ago

Yeah this comes of as kind of a strange question just because Tyrannize is honestly just a really poor card. Especially in Commander. 7 life for 5 mana is just.... not good, and the only time someone is going to discard their hand is if what's in it is worth less than 7 life. Giving your opponents choices is almost always a bad thing, even if both choices seem powerful, because they'll always pick the weaker option. In this case though, the 7 life is just really insignificant.

This, combined with the fact that Bedevil is, on the other hand, a really good card, makes it seem like a pretty bizarre question. It's one of the best removal spells in B/R.

So yes, as an in general, I'd never run Tyrannize in EDH, and Bedevil is a good card. I wouldn't go so far as to say that you should just straight swap in every instance, but as an in general its a much better card. There are so many factors to consider with deck construction though like your mana curve, that just swapping this out directly would impact.

DemonDragonJ on Fires of Purgatory

4 years ago

I have replaced Tyrannize with Bedevil , which lowered this deck's average converted mana cost from 4.37 to 4.34, which is very nice.

DemonDragonJ on Diabolical Machinations

4 years ago

I have replaced Tyrannize with Bedevil , which lowered this deck's average converted mana cost from 4.92 to 4.89, which is very nice, given how high its mana curve is.

DemonDragonJ on Savage Destruction

4 years ago

I have replaced Tyrannize with Bedevil , which lowered this deck's converted mana cost from 4.44 to 4.40, which is very nice.

DemonDragonJ on Tyrannize or Bedevil?

4 years ago

I have a copy of Tyrannize i every deck of mine that contains the colors black and red, but I am wondering if I should replace it with Bedevil , since that card has a lower converted mana cost; the former card can potentially produce a more powerful effect, but it must be played strategically, or else it will not hurt the player's opponent as much as the player wishes to hurt them.

What does everyone else say about this? Should I replace Tyrannize with Bedevil ?

DemonDragonJ on Savage Destruction

4 years ago

I have replaced Mirari with Arcane Encyclopedia , which lowered this deck's converted average mana cost from 4.47 to 4.44, and I also replaced Destructive Revelry with Cindervines , since I feel that that card is better in most situations.

Should I replace Tyrannize with Bedevil ? Lowering the deck's mana curve would be a good idea.