MScore: 3.0/10

Malicious Malfunction

{1} {B} {B}

Sorceryuncommon

All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn. If a creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

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

Illustrated by Deruchenko Alexander · Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty · #110

Rulings for Malicious Malfunction

2022-02-18
Creatures that would die for any reason this turn are exiled instead, not just creatures that would die after getting -2/-2.

2022-02-18
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.

Format Legality

Duellegal

Brawllegal

Pennynot legal

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