Despotic Scepter

Despotic Scepter

Artifact

Mana cost: {1}

How we read this card

Destroy target permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.

activated {T} —

Causes: a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

  1. Cosmic Rebirth — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Cosmic Rebirth can bring back
  2. Starving Revenant — Despotic Scepter fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  3. Yuna's Decision — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Yuna's Decision can bring back
  4. Squirming Emergence — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard, and Squirming Emergence gets bigger
  5. Hologram Stalker — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Hologram Stalker can bring back
  6. Badlands Revival — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Badlands Revival can bring back
  7. Urborg Repossession — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Urborg Repossession can bring back
  8. Return of the Mole Man — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard, and Return of the Mole Man gets bigger
  9. Puca's Covenant — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Puca's Covenant can bring back
  10. Trystan's Command — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Trystan's Command can bring back

117 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

When Despotic Scepter is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Jinxed Ring — deals 1 damage
  2. Liability — makes a player lose 1 life

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 174 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

When Despotic Scepter is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  2. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  3. Aetherworks Marvel — adds 1 mana
  4. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken permanent leaves the battlefield — 313 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

  1. Genku, Future Shaper — When Despotic Scepter leaves the battlefield, Genku, Future Shaper makes a token

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

When Despotic Scepter leaves the battlefield:

  1. Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nefarious Imp — scries

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

When Despotic Scepter is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

When Despotic Scepter enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

When Despotic Scepter enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

56 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

  1. Long Feng, Grand Secretariat — When Despotic Scepter dies, Long Feng, Grand Secretariat puts a counter on a creature
  2. Aerid Konstrari — When Aerid Konstrari dies thanks to Despotic Scepter, it makes a token
  3. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Despotic Scepter, it exiles a creature

6 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back
  2. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  4. Wayward Angel — Despotic Scepter fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  5. Rescue from the Underworld — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  6. Victimize — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  7. Bound // Determined — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back
  8. Enlightened Confidant — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  9. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  10. Aerith, Last Ancient — Despotic Scepter puts cards into the graveyard that Aerith, Last Ancient can bring back

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Despotic Scepter is one).

  1. Measure of Wickedness — When a permanent hits the graveyard thanks to Despotic Scepter, Measure of Wickedness gives an opponent control of itself

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.