Norn's Decree · Compendium

Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls deal combat damage to you, that opponent gets a poison counter. Whenever a player attacks, if one or more players being attacked are poisoned, the attacking player draws a card.

Mox strategy

Norn’s Decree is a strong multiplayer deterrent and political pressure piece. Its best use is in decks that want to punish combat, especially pillow-fort or control shells that can discourage attacks while slowly spreading poison. It shines when paired with other poison sources or incidental poison delivery, since the attack-triggered card draw only turns on if any attacked player is poisoned. That makes it especially good in dedicated poison/infect/proliferate builds, or alongside cards that give poison counters with little effort. Key strengths are: It taxes aggressive combat without needing to block. It can rapidly turn the table against the player who hits you. It creates a unique draw engine for opponents, which can be either a liability or a political tool. Best use cases: Commander decks that can protect themselves and benefit from long games. Poison or proliferate strategies that want a steady way to enable card draw triggers. Meta calls against creature-heavy decks that rely on combat damage. Main caution: It does nothing if opponents avoid damaging you in combat, and the card-draw clause can help enemy attackers if you enable poisoned players too broadly.

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$7.06market (USD)

USD$7.06

EUR€7.18

MTGO Tix4.39 Tix

Format legality

standard—
pioneer—
modern—
legacyLegal
vintageLegal
commanderLegal
pauper—
brawl—
historic—
alchemy—
oathbreakerLegal

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