Bad Moon
Enchantment
Black creatures get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7241
Bad Moon is a two-mana global anthem that hits every black creature on board, including your opponents' — the symmetry is the only real cost, and in a dedicated mono-black shell it rarely matters. Commanders like Ghoulcaller Gisa and Rendmaw, Creaking Nest run it because flooding the board with black tokens that hit 20% harder is a straightforward road to lethal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest generates an ever-growing swarm of Insect tokens, and Bad Moon turns each one from a 1/1 into a 2/2 — the kind of power doubling that makes a token army threatening without any additional investment.
Karumonix, the Rat King
Karumonix, the Rat King builds a Rat tribal board that wants every incremental size bump it can get, and Bad Moon delivers a permanent +1/+1 to the entire team for just two mana.
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon is already racing to deal ten poison counters, and Bad Moon shaves a hit off that clock by making every black infect creature hit harder.
Marrow-Gnawer
Marrow-Gnawer exponentially multiplies Rats every combat, and Bad Moon means each copy of that multiplication arrives with an extra point of power — the math gets lethal very fast.
Ghoulcaller Gisa
Ghoulcaller Gisa converts a single creature into a pile of 2/2 Zombies at baseline, and Bad Moon upgrades the output to 3/3s without any additional work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bad Moon earns its keep: mono-black tribal strategies are common enough that the symmetry downside rarely bites, and a two-mana permanent anthem is exceptionally efficient for the format's pace. In Legacy and Vintage, Bad Moon is legal but too slow and too win-more — competitive black decks there want disruption and threats, not a lord that requires a board to already exist. Modern legality is newer, but the same logic applies; black aggro in Modern has better tools and Bad Moon doesn't make the cut. Pioneer and Standard don't have access to it, and Pauper never will.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Ghoulcaller GisaThornbite StaffPhyrexian AltarBad Moon
Infinite colored mana; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.