Tainted Adversary
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Zombie
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 3
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature #124 (mythic)
- Price
- $2.57 USD
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Tainted Adversary has 6 printings, first in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (2021). EDHREC ranks it #11,831 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Scarab God decks (1,329 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Tainted Adversary most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Scarab God: 1,329 decks
- Zul Ashur, Lich Lord: 339 decks
- Enkira, Hostile Scavenger: 74 decks
- Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor: 49 decks
- Josu Vess, Lich Knight: 43 decks
- Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia: 36 decks
- Jacob Frye: 1 decks
Often played with Tainted Adversary
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Decayed does not grant haste. Creatures with decayed that enter the battlefield during your turn may not attack until your next turn.
- : Once a creature with decayed attacks, it will be sacrificed at end of combat, even if it no longer has decayed at that time.
- : Decayed does not create any attacking requirements. You may choose not to attack with a creature that has decayed.
- : Decayed represents a static ability and a triggered ability. "Decayed" means "This creature can't block" and "When this creature attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat."
- : After you pay the {2}{B} cost one or more times, a second ability triggers. Players may respond to the new ability at that point. As that ability resolves, Tainted Adversary gets its counters and the tokens are created.