Spiteful Visions
Enchantment
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
Whenever a player draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Price
- $1.51
- EDHREC rank
- #2313
Spiteful Visions makes every player draw a card and take 2 damage — four players drawing at a normal rate means roughly 8 damage a turn pointed at each opponent before you've done anything else. Nekusar, the Mindrazer doubles down on every draw trigger and turns that passive bleeding into a clock; Khârn the Betrayer leans into the symmetry deliberately, weaponizing the forced draws as a feature rather than a cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer pings each opponent for every card they draw, so Spiteful Visions doesn't just accelerate everyone's hand — it bolts the table on each draw step and every wheel effect you fire off. The two cards are the core of the archetype together.
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls feeds on opponents losing life, so Spiteful Visions turns every draw step into a soul-tax that inches Valgavoth's conditions closer to fulfilled.
Winter, Misanthropic Guide
Winter, Misanthropic Guide taxes opponents for playing the game, and Spiteful Visions piles on by making card draw itself hurt — stacking passive damage sources is exactly the attrition plan Winter wants.
Mogis, God of Slaughter
Mogis, God of Slaughter wants a steady drip of life loss across the whole table, and Spiteful Visions is one of the cleanest engines for that — two guaranteed damage per player per turn with zero additional work required.
The Lord of Pain
The Lord of Pain converts opponents' card draw into damage dealt to them, and Spiteful Visions guarantees that engine fires every single draw step without needing a wheel or a triggered ability to set it up.
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 |
Spiteful Visions is a Commander card through and through — the symmetrical damage only becomes a weapon when it's hitting three opponents simultaneously instead of one. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; four mana for a slow enchantment that doesn't interact with the stack doesn't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it sees fringe play, again because the multi-opponent math tilts the symmetry in your favor. Anywhere with a single opponent, Spiteful Visions is just accelerating a race you'd rather not run.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Khârn the BetrayerMartyrdomSpiteful VisionsAngel's Grace
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite card draw for each opponent; Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite draw triggers for each opponent
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Current price
$1.51 cheap tier
At $1.51, Spiteful Visions is a bulk-rare buy for any wheel-and-ping deck — no meaningful barrier to entry. It sees enough play in Nekusar-style builds that the price has a floor, but don't expect it to climb; it's not a scarce card and the demand ceiling is narrow.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.