---
name: "Sol'Kanar the Tainted"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elemental Demon"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "PDMU"
set_name: "Dominaria United Promos"
collector_number: "219p"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Filip Burburan"
oracle_id: "4efcdefc-e49d-4bce-8581-69037bb48c0a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/solkanar-the-tainted-pdmu"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sol'Kanar the Tainted
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elemental Demon

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, choose one that hasn't been chosen —
• Draw a card.
• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
• Sol'Kanar deals 3 damage to up to one other target creature or planeswalker.
• Exile Sol'Kanar, then return it to the battlefield under an opponent's control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Seizan, Perverter of Truth](/printing/seizan-perverter-of-truth-chk.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit
2. [Sol'kanar the Swamp King](/printing/solkanar-the-swamp-king-dmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon
3. [Sorin, Grim Nemesis](/printing/sorin-grim-nemesis-soi.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin
4. [Sarkhan the Mad](/printing/sarkhan-the-mad-roe.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan
5. [Sorin Markov](/printing/sorin-markov-m12.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin
6. [Kuro, Pitlord](/printing/kuro-pitlord-dvd.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #219p
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Filip Burburan
- **Total Printings:** 5 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-09-09)* In a Two-Headed Giant game, Sol'kanar the Tainted's second mode causes the opposing team to lose 4 life. Its controller will still gain only 2 life.
- *(2022-09-09)* Once Sol'kanar the Tainted is controlled by your opponent, its ability triggers during that player's end step and that player makes all choices for it. That player draws a card for its first mode and gains life for its second mode, that player's opponents lose life for its second mode, and that player chooses one of their opponents for its last mode.