Capital Punishment

cn2Conspiracy: Take the Crown#40rare
{4}{B}{B}
Legal in 5 of 23 formats
Treatments
Foil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$5.39
Foil$4.58
Foil premium
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Card text & rulings

Oracle text

Sorcery

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

Ability breakdown
Abilities
TriggeredCouncil's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.
Rulings
  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Each opponent chooses an appropriate number of creatures to sacrifice in turn order, then all of those creatures are sacrificed simultaneously. After that is complete, each opponent sets aside an appropriate number of cards to discard in turn order, then all cards are revealed and discarded simultaneously.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    If a creature with an enters-the-battlefield council’s dilemma ability leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, players can still vote for any option that would put +1/+1 counters on that creature, even though—or perhaps especially because—those votes won’t generate an effect.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    If an opponent controls fewer creatures or has fewer cards in hand than the number of appropriate votes, all those creatures are sacrificed or all those cards are discarded, as applicable.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Players can’t do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    The effects of each council’s dilemma ability happen in the stated order. First the vote occurs, then the first effect, and finally the second effect.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Unlike the will of the council cards from the original Conspiracy set, where a majority of votes determined what happened, each vote made for a council’s dilemma card adds to the ultimate effect.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    You must vote for one of the available options. You can’t abstain.

Market & price history

Market

CN2 #40
2026-07-06
Capital Punishment
$5.39TCGplayer market +4.1% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06
Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$3.22Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$4.30· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-1.08 (-33.5%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$5.27Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$6.50· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$-1.23 (-23.3%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 1h ago
Realized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$5.39 -9.0%
Foil$4.58 +1.3%
Price signals
This printing
7d
rising
High conf
14d
rising
High conf
30d
falling
High conf
Liquidity (implied)Moderate

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Across all copies

This card, all printings.

This printing is the cheapest copy: $4.58 · + shipping

Cross-printing valuation

1 printings across 1 sets
Printings

This is the only printing — Conspiracy: Take the Crown #40.

Demand signals

Plays as
Sacrifice Removal

Combos

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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
"I did offer them a choice . . ." —Queen Marchesa
Illustrated by
Lake Hurwitz
Reference & exit links
Card details
Artist
Lake Hurwitz
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval