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Enchantment — Aura Curse
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Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
KeywordsEnchant
Why is this card good?
Curse of Opulence is one of the best one-mana ramp pieces in Commander because it incentivizes the whole table to do your work for you.
You enchant an opponent, then attack them — even with a single creature or a 1/1 token — and everyone who joins the swing makes you (and themselves) Gold. The political angle is real: players are happy to gang up on a cursed opponent for free treasure, and you skim ramp off every attack while pointing aggression away from yourself.
Wants it:
- Aggressive/group-slug decks that attack early and often.
- Treasure/artifact synergy decks (Goldspan Dragon, Reckless Fireweaver, sacrifice payoffs).
- Politically-minded red commanders looking to bend the table.
Skip it if: your deck is slow, durdly, or has no early creatures to enchant-and-attack — the Gold only triggers on combat, so a controlling shell gets little. Also weak in low-aggression pods where nobody else attacks the cursed player.
Cheap, sneaky, and overperforms in the right red deck.
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Printings (6)
Played by these commanders
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator100% of 1
The Ur-Dragon100% of 1
Shiko and Narset, Unified100% of 1
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist100% of 1
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser100% of 1
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy100% of 1
Tokens & Emblemsthis card creates
Rulings (5)
- 2017-08-25
Curse of Opulence's triggered ability resolves after attackers have been declared. Any costs to attack must have already been paid before the attacking player creates the Gold.
- 2017-08-25
Each Curse's ability triggers only once, no matter how many creatures are attacking the enchanted player.
- 2017-08-25
A player is attacking another player if they control a creature that's attacking that player. If no creatures are attacking the enchanted player as a Curse's ability resolves (most likely because they've left the battlefield), only the Curse's controller performs its actions.
- 2017-08-25
The triggered ability of these Curses won't trigger if only a planeswalker controlled by the enchanted player is attacked.
- 2017-08-25
If you enchant yourself with one of these Curses, you'll get its effects whenever another player attacks you.