If you and an opponent each control a Dictate of Erebos and a creature dies, a chain reaction happens. First the ability of one player's Dictate of Erebos will trigger, causing each opponent to sacrifice a creature. That sacrifice causes the ability of the other player's Dictate of Erebos to trigger, and so on.
If you control more than one Dictate of Erebos and a creature you control dies, each of the triggered abilities will trigger. Each opponent will sacrifice a creature each time one of those abilities resolves.
When the triggered ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses which creature they will sacrifice, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #91 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.
Card type: Enchantment, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Flash.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #968 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Michael C. Hayes. Rarix catalogs 106 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Michael C. Hayes
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If multiple creatures you control die at the same time, Dictate of Erebos's triggered ability will trigger that many times.
None of the opponents are targeted. An opponent with hexproof would still sacrifice a creature.
