Give In to Violence
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #13714
Give In to Violence destroys a creature or planeswalker and puts a +1/+1 counter on one of your creatures — two effects on one card for four mana at instant speed. It's a clean two-for-one in any deck that wants to grow its board while answering threats, and the counter is free value, not a condition.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Give In to Violence competes in a slot where the bar is high — Generous Gift and Chaos Warp answer anything for three mana, and Swords to Plowshares handles creatures for one. The counter upside isn't enough to justify the premium over those options unless you're specifically in a counters-matter deck that can't run white or red removal. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, creature removal at four mana is nearly unplayable outside of control decks with nothing better at that slot, and those decks aren't interested in growing a creature either. Pauper is where Give In to Violence has its best case — the card pool is narrower, instant-speed unconditional removal is scarcer, and the +1/+1 counter matters more in a format defined by small creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Give In to Violence is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping. That price won't move unless a competitive Pauper build pushes it, which is unlikely given the competition in that slot.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.