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Magic: The Gathering · Commander 2021 · Rare

Sly Instigator

Creature — Human Wizard

$0.37

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Sly Instigator
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Rules Text

, : Until your next turn, target creature an opponent controls can't be blocked. Goad that creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

"Me? I'm just an innocent bystander!"

Card Facts

Mana value
4
Power / Toughness
2 / 4
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#11,010
Keywords
Goad
Rarity

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Modern

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

TLR

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Jun 30, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    If the creature doesn't meet any of the above exceptions and can attack, it must attack a player other than the controller of the spell or ability that goaded it if able. If the creature can't attack any of those players but could otherwise attack, it must attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, a battle an opponent controls, or a player who goaded it.

  2. Jun 30, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    Attacking with a goaded creature doesn't cause it to stop being goaded. If there is an additional combat phase that turn, or if another player gains control of it before it stops being goaded, it must attack again if able.

  3. Jun 30, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a creature you control has been goaded by multiple opponents, it must attack one of your opponents that hasn't goaded it, as that fulfills the maximum number of goad requirements. If a creature you control has been goaded by each of your opponents, the creature must attack an opponent (rather than a planeswalker or battle), but you choose which opponent it attacks.

  4. Jun 30, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    If, during a player's declare attackers step, a creature that player controls that's been goaded is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under that player's control continuously since the turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack a player, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack that player.

  5. Jun 30, 2023 · Wizards of the Coast

    Being goaded isn't an ability the creature has. Once it's been goaded, it must attack as detailed above even if it loses all abilities.

  6. Apr 16, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast

    If you leave the game, any creatures you've goaded remain goaded until your next turn would have begun. They don't immediately stop being goaded and don't remain goaded indefinitely.

  7. Apr 16, 2021 · Wizards of the Coast

    Once a creature an opponent controls has been legally blocked, activating Sly Instigator's ability won't change or undo that block.

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4 printings
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's GateCLB · $0.42
Commander 2021
Commander 2021C21 · $0.37
Commander 2021
Commander 2021C21 · $0.56
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Decks using this card

2 public decks run Sly Instigator.


MTGCommanderB2

Draconic Dissent (Battle for Baldur's Gate Preconstructed Commander Deck)

WizardsOfTheCoast
WizardsOfTheCoast1 year ago
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