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Demon of Dark Schemes

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Black. Creature — Demon

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073 · KLD · M · ENWhat the codes mean

Demon of Dark Schemes

Kaladesh #73 · Illustrated by Daarken

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~$1.28

Non-foil · Kaladesh #73

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~$8.31

Promo foil · Kaladesh Promos #73s

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Oracle text

Flying

When this creature enters, all other creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Whenever another creature dies, you get an energy counter (an energy counter).

two generic manaone black mana, Pay an energy counteran energy counteran energy counteran energy counter: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

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All 2 printings of Demon of Dark Schemes

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Kaladesh Promos #73s
Kaladesh Promos
pkld #73s· 2016Promomythic· Cardmarket €3.50 foil
mythicNo non-foil printing$8.31€3.50 foil

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Card details

First printed
2016
Printings
2
Mana value
6
EDHREC rank
#8,989 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Flying
Artist
Daarken

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Kaladesh card (#73).

073 · KLD · M · EN

  • 073Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
  • KLDSet code for Kaladesh
  • MMythic rare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Rulings (13)

  1. September 20, 2016

    If a creature's owner leaves the game after you've put that creature onto the battlefield with Demon of Dark Schemes's last ability, the creature leaves with that player. If you leave the game before that player, the creature is exiled.

  2. September 20, 2016

    The set of creatures affected by Demon of Dark Schemes's first triggered ability is determined as the ability resolves. Creatures that enter the battlefield later in the turn and noncreature permanents that become creatures later in the turn won't get -2/-2.

  3. September 20, 2016

    Demon of Dark Schemes's second triggered ability triggers whenever another creature dies for any reason, not just due to the first triggered ability.

  4. September 20, 2016

    If Demon of Dark Schemes dies at the same time as another creature, its second triggered ability triggers.

  5. June 7, 2024

    Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of an energy counter. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of an energy counter as the ability resolves.

  6. June 7, 2024

    an energy counter is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.

  7. June 7, 2024

    Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.

  8. June 7, 2024

    Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)

  9. June 7, 2024

    Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.

  10. June 7, 2024

    Some spells and abilities that give you an energy counter may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any an energy counter.

  11. June 7, 2024

    If an effect says you get one or more an energy counter, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more an energy counter, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.

  12. June 7, 2024

    If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of an energy counter, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any an energy counter even if you want to.

  13. June 7, 2024

    Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of an energy counter describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.

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