Imperial Edict
Sorcery
Target opponent chooses a creature they control. Destroy that creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $3.02
- EDHREC rank
- #28283
Imperial Edict makes an opponent sacrifice a creature for two mana at instant speed — clean, unconditional, and immune to hexproof and indestructible. It's a reliable staple in black, not flashy, but it does exactly what removal needs to do.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Imperial Edict fills a role black always needs: a cheap answer to creatures that dodge traditional removal, from Kozilek, Butcher of Truth to Sigarda, Host of Herons. The catch is that your opponent chooses the sacrifice, so in a 100-card singleton format where opponents often have multiple creatures, it trades down in value as the game progresses. In Pauper, it's one of the few commons offering unconditional edict effects, which makes it genuinely competitive there. Legacy and Vintage have Diabolic Edict for the same cost with the same effect, so Imperial Edict sees essentially no play in those formats outside budget builds.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.02 cheap tier
At $3.02, Imperial Edict sits in the cheap tier — accessible for nearly any budget. The price reflects steady demand from Commander players rather than competitive staple status, so it's unlikely to spike but equally unlikely to crater.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.