Spiteful Banditry
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, it deals X damage to each creature.
Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control die, you create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2301
Spiteful Banditry hits the board and immediately starts converting opponent creatures into Treasure the moment they die — a mass removal spell and an ongoing resource engine stapled together for four mana. Commanders like The Balrog, Durin's Bane that want repeated kills get both the wipe and the fuel to keep going.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
The Balrog, Durin's Bane demands creatures die to trigger its exile-and-cast ability, and Spiteful Banditry obliges by sweeping the board while leaving behind a Treasure for every creature that goes — kills fuel the commander, the Treasures fuel the spells cast off those kills.
Clive, Ifrit's Dominant
Clive, Ifrit's Dominant cares about dealing damage and going wide with attacking creatures, so Spiteful Banditry clears blockers and bankrolls the follow-up assault with Treasures from every creature that falls.
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot triggers off creatures dying to exactly one damage, and Spiteful Banditry's one-damage-per-upkeep clause lines up cleanly with that threshold, letting Taii convert the steady drip of damage into card advantage.
Vihaan, Goldwaker
Vihaan, Goldwaker animates Treasures into attacking creatures, making Spiteful Banditry a direct engine piece — clear the board, collect Treasures, immediately turn them into an attacking army.
Knuckles the Echidna
Knuckles the Echidna rewards artifact production and combat aggression, and Spiteful Banditry delivers both by wiping opposing creatures and flooding the board with Treasures ready to be cracked or leveraged.
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 Spiteful Banditry — three opponents means the board wipe hits more targets, and the Treasure-per-creature clause scales up dramatically in a pod where creature counts run high. The repeating one-damage trigger is slow in 1v1 formats like Legacy or Vintage, where four mana for a conditional wipe without immediate card advantage rarely competes with faster, cheaper options. Oathbreaker sits in the same position as Commander in terms of multiplayer payoff, though the lower starting life totals make the incremental damage slightly more relevant. Outside of Commander and Oathbreaker, Spiteful Banditry is a curiosity rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane
- Clive, Ifrit's Dominant
- Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
- Vihaan, Goldwaker
- Knuckles the Echidna
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.