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Skyline Despot

sldSecret Lair Drop#1529rare
{5}{R}{R}
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Card details
Artist
Erol Otus
Frame
inverted
Language
EN
Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
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
Oracle text

Creature — Dragon

Flying

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.

P/T5/5
Abilities
Flying
TriggeredWhen this creature enters, you become the monarch.
TriggeredAt the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Plays as
Becomes MonarchMonarch PayoffCreature Token Maker
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Erol Otus
Rulings
  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    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.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    Being 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.”

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    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.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    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.

  • WotCAug 23, 2016

    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.