Tribune of Rot
Creature — Elf Shaman
Whenever this creature attacks, mill two cards. For each creature card milled this way, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #21108
Tribune of Rot drains each opponent for 1 and puts a +1/+1 counter on itself every time a creature you control dies — in a deck that generates consistent sacrifice fodder, that life swing adds up fast. At five mana for a 2/3, the body is undersized, but the repeatable drain trigger is the entire reason to run it.
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 |
Tribune of Rot is a Commander card through and through — the drain trigger only scales with multiple opponents, and a 40-life format gives it the runway to matter. In a dedicated sacrifice shell it becomes a legitimate win condition, ticking each player down 1 per creature death over a long game. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; a five-mana 2/3 with no immediate impact gets nowhere near those tables. Oathbreaker is legal and theoretically functional if the planeswalker supports sacrifice, but the single-opponent rule cuts the drain in half and blunts the incentive considerably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Tribune of Rot is deep bulk — easy to acquire and easy to cut if the slot earns more. Bulk rares with narrow, archetype-specific applications rarely climb without a reprint or breakout combo discovery, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the right deck rather than a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.