Eunuchs' Intrigues
Sorcery
Target opponent chooses a creature they control. Other creatures they control can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $16.70
- EDHREC rank
- #29723
Eunuchs' Intrigues forces an opponent to lose half their lands — rounded down — a tempo swing that can strand a player in the game for several turns. Four mana is a real ask, but the effect scales with how far ahead your opponent is, hitting hardest exactly when you need it most.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Eunuchs' Intrigues is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's essentially the full story — its power level doesn't register in Legacy or Vintage, where the game is over before land counts matter. Commander is where Eunuchs' Intrigues actually does something: a well-timed cast can cripple a greedy five- or six-color deck that's ramped to eight or nine lands, cutting it back to four and buying the table several turns. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's multiplayer DNA that the card functions there for the same reason, though the compressed game length makes the window narrower.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Eunuchs' Intrigues occupies a narrow design space — mass land destruction aimed at a single player — and direct analogues are scarce at lower price points. Ruination hits only non-basics, which frequently overlaps with the same greedy ramp decks you're targeting, and costs a fraction of the price; the trade-off is that a basic-heavy opponent becomes immune.
Price Context
Current price
$16.70 mid tier
At $16.70, Eunuchs' Intrigues sits in the mid tier, driven almost entirely by scarcity from its Portal Three Kingdoms printing rather than widespread demand. It holds that price because supply is genuinely thin, not because it's a staple — if a reprint ever lands, expect the floor to drop sharply.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.