Lim-Dûl's Hex
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, for each player, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player unless they pay 
or 
.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.47
- EDHREC rank
- #16541
Lim-Dûl's Hex puts a ticking clock on every creature an opponent controls — at the start of each upkeep, they pay one life or that creature dies, turning a wide board into a mandatory resource drain. Teysa, Opulent Oligarch turns every forced sacrifice into a trigger, which means the Hex isn't just attrition — it's an engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch rewards opponents for losing creatures, and Lim-Dûl's Hex guarantees they do — every creature that dies to the upkeep trigger feeds Teysa's token and card-draw machinery, converting an opponent's wide board into your resources.
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Rakdos, Lord of Riots needs opponents to lose life before he can attack, and Lim-Dûl's Hex bleeds the table one point per creature per upkeep without requiring combat — it's a passive damage source that consistently enables Rakdos to enter the red zone ahead of schedule.
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 |
Lim-Dûl's Hex is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and it sees essentially all its play in Commander — the multiplayer upkeep cadence is what makes it punishing, since three opponents paying life each turn compounds the drain far faster than it would in a duel. In Legacy and Vintage, a one-sided enchantment that requires opponents to interact with it over multiple turns is far too slow against decks built to win by turn one or two. Commander is where Lim-Dûl's Hex actually earns its slot: stapling it to a creature-heavy board, especially under a Teysa, Opulent Oligarch or a sacrifice-payoff commander, turns it from a soft threat into a genuine inevitability engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.47 bulk tier
At $0.47, Lim-Dûl's Hex is firmly bulk — no barrier to entry, and easy to slot into any Orzhov or Rakdos list that wants passive attrition. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to move significantly, so pick it up now if it fits your build and don't wait on it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.