---
name: "Sarkhan the Mad"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "ROE-214"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Chippy"
oracle_id: "e70a93e4-2fe7-46d3-8958-153ab2fcfd99"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sarkhan-the-mad-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sarkhan the Mad
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
- **Starting Loyalty:** 7

## Oracle Text
0: Reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Sarkhan deals damage to himself equal to that card's mana value.
−2: Target creature's controller sacrifices it, then that player creates a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
−4: Each Dragon creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sarkhan, Dragonsoul](/printing/sarkhan-dragonsoul-m19.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
2. [Sarkhan the Masterless](/printing/sarkhan-the-masterless-cmm.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
3. [Sarkhan, Fireblood](/printing/sarkhan-fireblood-pm19.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
4. [Sarkhan Unbroken](/printing/sarkhan-unbroken-dtk.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
5. [Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker](/printing/sarkhan-the-dragonspeaker-ktk.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
6. [Sarkhan Vol](/printing/sarkhan-vol-mma.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #ROE-214
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Chippy
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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