Skip to content
← All sets and all cards

Sarkhan the Mad

BlackRed

2 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Sarkhan the Mad, The List printing
The List PLST · No. ROE-214 2020-03-13

Card text

{3}{B}{R}
Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
0: Reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Sarkhan deals damage to himself equal to that card's mana value. −2: Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then that player creates a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying. −4: Each Dragon creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker.
Loyalty: 7
EDHREC rank #19003 Mythic Not on the Reserved List
Seen in store
Nobody lists it in Quebec right now.

Run a comparison: we query the stores live, it may have arrived this morning.

The 2 printings

All, with their prices ↓

Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

7 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

The first ability causes Sarkhan to deal damage directly to himself, resulting in that many loyalty counters being removed from him. The damage would never have been dealt to you, so prevention effects that would prevent damage from being dealt to you won't affect it.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

If the targeted creature is an illegal target by the time the second ability resolves, the ability doesn't resolve. The player won't get a Dragon token.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

If you target an opponent with the third ability, you choose separately for each Dragon creature you control whether or not to redirect the damage dealt by that Dragon to a planeswalker that player controls.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

You choose a single target as you activate the third ability. All your Dragons deal damage to that player.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

If the targeted creature is a legal target by the time the second ability resolves but its controller can't sacrifice it (due to Tajuru Preserver, perhaps), the ability continues to resolve. That player gets a Dragon token.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

Unlike previous planeswalkers, Sarkhan the Mad has no way to raise his loyalty.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

Once the first ability starts to resolve and you reveal the top card of your library (and see how much damage Sarkhan the Mad deals to himself), it's too late to respond.

2010-06-15 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Sarkhan the Mad, The List printing
The List
PLST · #ROE-214
Mythic
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Face to Face Games · Condition LP · Foil