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Altar of Dementia, art by Brom
Art by Brom · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$27.70
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
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Altar of Dementia

{2} · Artifact

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Rulings (2)

Jun 14, 2019 · The number of cards the target player puts into their graveyard is equal to the power of the sacrificed creature as it last existed on the battlefield.

Jun 14, 2019 · If the target player's library contains fewer cards than the sacrificed creature's power, all of those cards are put into that player's graveyard. That player won't lose the game until they try to draw from the empty library.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerNot legal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernLegal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · cEDH

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=3 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Tymna the WeavercEDH100%2
Dargo, the Shipwrecker / Thrasios, Triton HerocEDH100%1
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Altar of Dementia — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

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