Tsabo's Decree
Instant
Choose a creature type. Target player reveals their hand and discards all creature cards of that type. Then destroy all creatures of that type that player controls. They can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2001
- Price
- $0.60
- EDHREC rank
- #22565
Tsabo's Decree hits every creature of a chosen type an opponent controls — destroying them all and forcing a hand discard of any copies hiding there — for six mana at instant speed. That combination of board wipe and hand disruption on one card is real, but six mana is a steep ask in any format where tribal decks are the target.
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 |
Commander is where Tsabo's Decree finds its best home, specifically in metas where tribal strategies like Elves, Goblins, or Zombies run rampant — one activation can strip an opponent's board and rip their hand clean of the same type. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but laughably slow; no competitive tribal deck there operates at a pace that lets you untap with six mana open. Oathbreaker is the only other format worth mentioning, and the same tribal-hate logic applies, though the smaller card pool makes tribal threats more predictable and Tsabo's Decree more reliably impactful.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.60 bulk tier
At $0.60, Tsabo's Decree sits firmly in bulk territory — a spec for a single narrow use case, not a staple. The price reflects its real ceiling: it's a sideboard-mentality card in a format with no sideboard, so demand stays low and it's unlikely to climb without a sudden surge in high-profile tribal commanders.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.