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Malicious Malfunction

{1}{B}{B}

Sorcery

NEOKamigawa: Neon Dynasty#110uncommon
Foil

"That? A minor test, nothing more. Incompleat flesh is weak." —Jin-Gitaxias

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1056
Illustrator
Deruchenko Alexander
Found in
Kamigawa Neon Dynasty MTGO Redemption · Kamigawa Neon Dynasty MTGO Redemption Foil · 5 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If a creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Plays as: Board Wipe

Market · per finishspark updated 7h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.17
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.27
$0.02 low-$0.06 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.17· across 1 printing

Rulings

2 · latest Feb 18, 2022 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 18, 2022

    Creatures that would die for any reason this turn are exiled instead, not just creatures that would die after getting -2/-2.

  • WotCFeb 18, 2022

    While the -2/-2 applies only to creatures that are on the battlefield as Malicious Malfunction resolves, the replacement effect applies to all creatures that turn, including ones that enter the battlefield after Malicious Malfunction resolves or noncreatures that become creatures after Malicious Malfunction resolves.