Despotic Scepter is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
: Destroy target permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.
How it works : Despotic Scepter
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A token's owner is the player under who created it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You own a nontoken permanent if it started the game in your deck. If it started the game in no one's deck (for example, it was brought into the game by Living Wish), you own it if you brought it into the game.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Despotic Scepter + Nefarious Lich + Harmless Offering
Target opponent loses the game
- 1Cast Harmless Offering by paying
, giving an opponent control of Nefarious Lich. - 2Activate Despotic Scepter by tapping it, destroying Nefarious Lich.
- 3When Nefarious Lich leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing its controller to lose the game.
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#2
Despotic Scepter + Nefarious Lich + Donate
Target opponent loses the game
- 1Cast Donate by paying
, giving an opponent control of Nefarious Lich. - 2Activate Despotic Scepter by tapping it, destroying Nefarious Lich.
- 3When Nefarious Lich leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing its controller to lose the game.
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#3
Despotic Scepter + Nefarious Lich + Role Reversal
Target opponent loses the game
- 1Cast Role Reversal by paying , exchanging control of an enchantment an opponent controls and Nefarious Lich.
- 2Activate Despotic Scepter by tapping it, destroying Nefarious Lich.
- 3When Nefarious Lich leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing its controller to lose the game.
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#4
Despotic Scepter + Nefarious Lich + Zedruu the Greathearted
Target opponent loses the game
- 1Activate Zedruu by paying
, giving an opponent control of Nefarious Lich. - 2Activate Despotic Scepter by tapping it, destroying Nefarious Lich.
- 3When Nefarious Lich leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing its controller to lose the game.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredhtlr
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