Curse of Vengeance
Enchantment — Aura Curse
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player casts a spell, put a spite counter on this Aura.
When enchanted player loses the game, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of spite counters on this Aura.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11304
Curse of Vengeance punishes whoever eliminates you first — it sits on them, accumulates a luck counter each turn, and when they lose, whoever kills them draws cards and gains life equal to the counter total. One mana is an absurdly low ask for that kind of table-warping deterrent, and in Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor decks it doubles as an engine piece that Lynde can copy onto new targets.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor triggers whenever a Curse you control is attached to an opponent, letting you pull Curse of Vengeance straight from your graveyard and stick it on someone new — meaning the same one-mana card can cycle through multiple targets across a long game and threaten every player at the table simultaneously.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Curse of Vengeance is a Commander card through and through — the politics of a four-player pod are exactly where its passive deterrent and death-triggered payoff matter. In a one-on-one format like Legacy or Vintage, the effect is too slow and too conditional to justify a deck slot; opponents don't telegraph their intent to kill you the way Commander opponents do. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it has a marginal case, since the smaller life totals mean the luck counters accumulate to lethal draw-and-gain numbers faster.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at the moment for Curse of Vengeance, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current number. Historically it's been a bulk-rare pickup, which makes it an easy include given how much political weight one mana buys you in Commander.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.