Gratuitous Violence

First printed in Onslaught (2002)

All 6 prints

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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2596, 2026
Foundations (FDN) #715, 2024
Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #197, 2024
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #127, 2021
Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #161, 2016
Onslaught (ONS) #212, 2002

Gratuitous Violence

Enchantment

If a creature you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (4 of 6150). Most played in Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers.

Combos

35 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Near-infinite damage to one opponent, Near-infinite lifegain…: Brion Stoutarm + Gratuitous Violence + Malignus
Near-infinite damage, Target opponent loses the game: Gratuitous Violence + Malignus + Warstorm Surge
Each opponent with an even life total loses the game, Near-infinite damage: Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu + Platinum Angel
Each opponent with an even life total loses the game, Near-infinite damage: Glacial Chasm + Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu
Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite damage: Chandra's Ignition + Gratuitous Violence + Malignus
Each opponent with an even life total loses the game, Near-infinite damage: Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu + Platinum Emperion
Near-infinite damage: Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu + Pariah's Shield
Near-infinite damage, Target opponent loses the game: Gratuitous Violence + Malignus + Terror of the Peaks
Near-infinite damage to one opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Gratuitous Violence + Malignus + Ziatora, the Incinerator
Near-infinite damage: Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu + Pariah

See all 35 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 4 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

4

4 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers	0.5%	3%
The Great Goblin	0.1%	25%
Scarlet Witch, Chaotic Avenger	0.0%	50%
Bello, Bard of the Brambles	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Arcane Signet	100%	1.6
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Blasphemous Act	75%	36.0
Lightning Greaves	75%	19.1
Exotic Orchard	75%	2.0
Sol Ring	75%	0.8

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
The Great Goblin Oriol Molins, 23 Oct	1 main	#17 0-3
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers Lucas Hidalgo, 17 Oct	1 main	#22 0-2
Scarlet Witch, Chaotic Avenger Escartin, 9 Oct	1 main	#18 1-2
Bello, Bard of the Brambles Marcos Plana, 5 Oct	1 main	#8 0-2

No recent decks in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Duel Commander.