Debilitating Injury
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25746
Debilitating Injury puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature for two mana at sorcery speed — it shrinks something but rarely kills it, and it stays on the battlefield doing nothing after. Cheaper, cleaner removal exists at every rarity; this is a filler card that belongs in very early collections, not tuned lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Debilitating Injury competes in the most removal-saturated format in the game, and it loses badly — four players means four threat pools, and a -1/-1 counter that doesn't kill its target is barely a speed bump. Pauper is the one format where Debilitating Injury sees legitimate consideration, since the common-only card pool narrows the competition and -1/-1 synergies like Devoted Druid interactions can make the counter matter. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, better two-mana removal exists by a wide margin and Debilitating Injury simply doesn't appear in competitive lists. Take it in Pauper if the synergy is real; everywhere else, pass.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Debilitating Injury isn't currently available, but as a common with no competitive demand outside occasional Pauper play, expect it to sit at bulk — likely a few cents in paper. It's not a card worth tracking down unless you specifically need it for a Pauper -1/-1 counters build.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.