Malicious Affliction
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Eternal MastersEMA · #96
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 2.48 € · ★ 3.74 € · 3.04 $ · ★ 9.55 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Morbid — When you cast this spell, if a creature died this turn, you may copy Malicious Affliction and may choose a new target for the copy. Destroy target nonblack creature.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Erica Yang
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2016-06-10
Flavour text
"Such an affliction appears to seek out the pure." —Byro, plague doctor
Rulings
The copy of Malicious Affliction is created on the stack. It’s not cast, so the copy won’t cause the morbid ability to trigger again.
The copy will have the same target as the original spell unless you choose a new one. You don’t have to change this target if you don’t want to or can’t choose a new legal target (perhaps because there are no other nonblack creatures on the battlefield).
