Malicious Intent
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "
: Target creature can't block this turn."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #28510
Malicious Intent gives a creature haste and makes blocking it nearly impossible — for one red mana at instant speed — then replaces itself with another Aura on Warchanter Skald's trigger. One mana, two effects, a card back: that's the whole case.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Malicious Intent earns its slot, primarily in aggressive red strategies that want cheap, cantripping enablers — Warchanter Skald decks especially, since every Aura cast refuels your hand. In Pauper it's a legal common with a real role in red aura-aggro, where the one-mana haste clause on an unblockable-adjacent body can close games fast. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested — the effect is too low-impact for those formats' power levels. Modern and Pioneer are better hunting grounds if an Aura-matters shell ever consolidates, but Malicious Intent hasn't found a home there yet.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Warchanter SkaldIntruder AlarmMalicious Intent
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Malicious Intent is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk commons rarely move unless a format-defining deck picks them up, and nothing on the horizon suggests that spike is coming.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.