Spite of Mogis
Sorcery
Spite of Mogis deals damage to target creature equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #16801
Spite of Mogis deals damage to each creature and player equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard — a number that compounds fast in spell-heavy decks. Imodane, the Pyrohammer copies every instant and sorcery that deals damage to a single target, which means a deep graveyard turns Spite of Mogis into a table-wide nuke that also clones itself straight to every opponent's face.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imodane, the Pyrohammer
Imodane, the Pyrohammer's copy trigger fires on Spite of Mogis and sends a second instance of the damage directly at each opponent, so a graveyard stacked with ten or fifteen spells ends games on the spot rather than just clearing the board.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Spite of Mogis is a Commander card through and through — the graveyard count it scales from needs multiple turns and a critical mass of cantrips and rituals to matter, which 100-card singleton decks are built to assemble. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the payoff arrives too slowly and too inconsistently to justify a slot over direct-damage finishers that don't depend on prior setup. Legacy and Vintage have the spell density to theoretically spike the damage high, but those formats already have faster storm and combo payoffs that make Spite of Mogis redundant. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Spite of Mogis is deep bulk — buy a dozen copies without thinking about it. Bulk rares with narrow synergy profiles rarely climb, so don't treat this as anything other than a cheap pickup for the specific decks that want it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.