Convenient Target
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, suspect enchanted creature. (It has menace and can't block.)
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #14494
Convenient Target drops a 1/1 with defender onto your opponents' side of the board and hands you the Monarch — an immediate card-draw engine — for three mana. The catch is you're arming someone else's table position, but Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser turns that donated creature into a mandatory attacker, burning the drawback into a feature.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser forces opponents' creatures to attack, so the 1/1 defender Convenient Target puts on their board stops being a blocker and becomes a compulsory suicide attacker — the "gift" actively undermines the recipient while Nelly's combat tax bleeds their resources.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Convenient Target is a Commander card through and through — the Monarch mechanic only matters in multiplayer, and gifting a creature to an opponent is a political tool with no real application in one-on-one formats. In Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Standard it's competitively irrelevant: three mana for a 1/1 you hand to your opponent is never correct when those formats demand efficient, self-serving threats. Commander is where Convenient Target earns its slot, specifically in decks that punish opponents for having creatures or that weaponize the Monarch to sustain card advantage across a long game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Convenient Target is deep bulk — a pickup you throw in a cart to hit free shipping rather than a card you track down. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications don't typically appreciate, so treat this as a pure utility purchase rather than a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.