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Scourge of the Skyclaves

{1}{B}

Creature — Demon

ZNRZendikar Rising#343mythic
Extended ArtFoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 68–103
Illustrator
Chase Stone
Found in
Zendikar Rising Collector Booster Pack · Zendikar Rising Collector Booster Hanger Pack
Printings5CombosIn 6
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Kicker {4}{B} When you cast this spell, if it was kicked, each player loses half their life, rounded up. Scourge of the Skyclaves's power and toughness are each equal to 20 minus the highest life total among players.
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Kicker
Market · per finishspark updated 23h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$1.18
$0.55 low$0.36 gap
Foil+2.1%
$1.48
$1.13 low$0.53 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.49· across 5 printings

Rulings

10 · latest Nov 8, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

  • WotCSep 25, 2020

    An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered. Notably, Scourge of the Skyclaves may have its toughness change from less than 0 to greater than 0 as a result of its triggered ability before it resolves and enters the battlefield.

  • WotCSep 25, 2020

    If the highest life total among players is greater than 20, Scourge of the Skyclaves has negative power and toughness equal to the difference.

  • WotCSep 25, 2020

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, Scourge of the Skyclaves causes each team to lose twice half their life rounded up, which is their full life total or, if it's odd, that much life plus 1. This causes the game to end in a draw.

  • WotCSep 25, 2020

    The ability that defines Scourge of the Skyclaves's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.