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Predatory Impetus

{4}{G}

Enchantment — Aura

C20Commander 2020#62uncommon
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 35
Illustrator
Randy Vargas
Found in
Commander 2020 Commander Deck Arcane Maelstrom · Commander 2020 Commander Deck Symbiotic Swarm · 3 more
Printings3
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3, must be blocked if able, and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Plays as: Goad · Is Aura · Power Booster

Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-8.7%
$0.21
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.12· across 3 printings

Rulings

7 · latest Jun 30, 2023 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 30, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 30, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 30, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 30, 2023

    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.

  • WotCJun 30, 2023

    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.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If each creature the defending player controls can't block for any reason (such as being tapped), then the enchanted creature isn't blocked. If there's a cost associated with blocking the enchanted creature, the defending player isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to be blocked in that case either.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Only one creature is required to block the enchanted creature. Other creatures may also block it and are free to block other creatures or not block at all.