---
name: "Despotic Scepter"
mana_cost: "{1}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "ME2"
set_name: "Masters Edition II"
collector_number: "206"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Richard Thomas"
oracle_id: "34a85d7f-d4ea-4a0f-aa4c-bf0b0f4987bf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/despotic-scepter-me2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Despotic Scepter
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{T}: Destroy target permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.

> *"We were not meant to have such terrible things. They should be left where we found them, if not destroyed!"
—Sorine Relicbane, Soldevi heretic*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Detonate](/printing/detonate-mrd.md) — Sorcery
2. [Spine of Ish Sah](/printing/spine-of-ish-sah-blc.md) — Artifact
3. [Oxidize](/printing/oxidize-dst.md) — Instant
4. [Pillage](/printing/pillage-pal00.md) — Sorcery
5. [Shatterstorm](/printing/shatterstorm-atq.md) — Sorcery
6. [Purge](/printing/purge-td2.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition II (ME2) #206
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Richard Thomas
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`