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Cao Cao, Lord of Wei

Cao Cao, Lord of Wei

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Cao Cao wants a deck that throws away its own cards on purpose for a reward. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Soldiers.

  • Mana cost3 genericblackblack
  • Black ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityMythic

tap: Target opponent discards two cards. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

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Cards That Fit Cao Cao, Lord of Wei

Picked for what they do in Cao Cao's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Cao Cao's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Cao Cao, Lord of Wei

explain how Cao Cao works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 20 Sep 2013

If a turn has multiple combat phases, the ability can only be activated before the beginning of the declare attackers step of the first combat phase in that turn.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

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Commanders that share the most with Cao Cao, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBPlayers write colors as letters: B for black.Madness/DiscardDiscard decks throw away their own cards on purpose and play cards that reward each discard. Cards with madness can even be cast for a different, usually cheaper, cost at the moment you discard them.Open the Madness/Discard pageOpponent DiscardMakes opponents discard cards from their hands. In a format where everyone starts with seven and refills slowly, stripping a hand can be harder to recover from than losing a creature. Windfall, Sword of Feast and FamineOpen the Opponent Discard page