First printed in Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021)
Creature — Human Warlock
Deathtouch
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
"Don't you know first-years pay a toll to walk through here?"
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- Illustrated by
- Manuel Castañón
- Watermark
- Silverquill
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (3)
- Spiteful Squad's ability doesn't cause you to move counters from itself to the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter Spiteful Squad had when it died onto that creature.
- If Spiteful Squad has -1/-1 counters on it when it dies, the last ability will include those as well. This may result in the recipient also dying. Spiteful indeed.
- In some unusual cases, you may end up putting the appropriate counters on more than one permanent. For example, if you control The Ozolith when Spiteful Squad dies, you will put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the target creature.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
17 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Bartolomé del Presidio + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad + Viscera Seer
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad + Woe Strider
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Carrion Feeder + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phyrexian Altar + Spiteful Squad
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Spiteful Squad
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Ashnod's Altar + Felisa, Fang of Silverquill + Nim Deathmantle + Spiteful Squad