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Command the Dreadhorde

Card Name

Command the Dreadhorde

Mana Cost

4

Type

Sorcery

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Choose any number of target creature and/or planeswalker cards in graveyards. Command the Dreadhorde deals damage to you equal to the total mana value of those cards. Put them onto the battlefield under your control.

Flavor Text

Liliana seized the reins of Bolas's vast army, gritting her teeth behind the Chain Veil.

Legal Formats

Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Pauper, Standard

Rulings

(5/3/2019)
Command the Dreadhorde deals damage to you before the creature and planeswalker cards are put onto the battlefield, but if this brings your life total to 0 or less, those creatures and planeswalkers enter the battlefield before you lose the game. Any abilities they have that trigger when they enter the battlefield won't resolve if you lose the game, but their static abilities (such as that of Platinum Angel) may help you survive with 0 or less life.
(5/3/2019)
If a card in a graveyard has
X
 in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
(5/3/2019)
In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, the creatures and planeswalkers you control from Command the Dreadhorde's effect are exiled.