Triumph of Cruelty
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent discards a card if you control the creature with the greatest power or tied for the greatest power.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #24540
Triumph of Cruelty gives you a repeating discard effect every upkeep as long as you control the biggest creature on board — no activation cost, just maintain the battlefield. The condition is easy to satisfy in any deck that goes tall, making this a quietly punishing enchantment in the right shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Triumph of Cruelty is a Commander card through and through — the repeating upkeep trigger compounds over a long game, and multiplayer tables give opponents fewer resources to claw back from sustained hand disruption. In Legacy or Vintage, it's unplayable; three mana for a conditional, slow discard effect can't compete with Thoughtseize and Hymn to Tourach. Oathbreaker is the only other format where Triumph of Cruelty is worth considering, specifically in a go-tall build that can maintain creature dominance reliably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Triumph of Cruelty is pure bulk — pick it up from any common box without thinking twice. That price reflects low demand rather than low power; in the right Commander deck it overperforms its cost by a wide margin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.