Predatory Urge
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "
: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to this creature."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #20609
Predatory Urge turns your biggest creature into a removal engine — tap it to force a fight, and anything blocking that creature's power dies for free every turn. Four mana to enchant is the real cost, and you pay it once; after that, Warchanter Skald and similar pump effects make the fights increasingly lopsided.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Predatory Urge — it rewards the large, tap-able creatures the format encourages, and repeated fights over a long game extract serious value. In Legacy and Vintage, four mana for a conditional removal enchantment is too slow against the format's threats, and the card sees no real play there. Oathbreaker can support it in creature-heavy builds, but the smaller game size limits how often the engine runs long enough to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Warchanter SkaldIntruder AlarmPredatory Urge
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite damage to creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; 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
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Predatory Urge sits firmly in bulk territory — you're picking it up for nearly nothing. Bulk enchantments with narrow homes don't tend to move, so expect the price to stay flat unless a high-profile Commander deck pushes demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.