Slight Malfunction
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Roll a six-sided die. When you do, Slight Malfunction deals 1 damage to each of up to X target creatures, where X is the result.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #13120
Slight Malfunction bounces or taps an artifact or creature at instant speed — flexible disruption that doubles as a tempo play. In Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor builds it triggers the dice-roll engine, making the "cost" of running interaction essentially free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor rewards every spell that rolls a die, and Slight Malfunction rolls one while answering a threat — that's two lines of value from a single reactive spell.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Slight Malfunction occupies the niche of cheap interaction that pulls extra weight in spell-matters and dice-roll decks — it's not a staple elsewhere, but it earns its slot in the right 99. Pauper is the other home worth mentioning: at common, it competes for the same slot as Snap and Boomerang, and the flexibility to tap rather than bounce matters against decks that punish returning their own permanents. Legacy and Vintage have the card legal but will never touch it — the power floor is simply too low for those environments. Outside of dedicated Wyll builds or similar dice-roll commanders, Slight Malfunction is a role-player, not a format staple.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Slight Malfunction isn't available at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates. Given its narrow home in dice-roll Commander builds and common-level Pauper play, it's almost certainly a bulk pickup regardless of vendor.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.