First printed in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022)
Sorcery
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
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (2)
- Creatures that would die for any reason this turn are exiled instead, not just creatures that would die after getting -2/-2.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO), Premier Draft | 51.2% | -4.4 | -1.1 | 4974 |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO), Sealed | 50.6% | -3.7 | -1.2 | 662 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen