Defiler of Instinct
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Phyrexian Kavu
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- Dominaria United #406 (rare)
- Price
- $0.64 USD
First strike
As an additional cost to cast red permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {R} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of red mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a red permanent spell, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Defiler of Instinct has 5 printings, first in Dominaria United (2022). EDHREC ranks it #5,017 among Commander cards. It appears most in Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno decks (4,147 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Defiler of Instinct most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno: 4,147 decks
- Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power: 2,971 decks
- Tannuk, Steadfast Second: 2,663 decks
- Rowan, Scion of War: 1,638 decks
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph: 1,466 decks
- Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest: 1,400 decks
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell: 1,029 decks
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus: 835 decks
Often played with Defiler of Instinct
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You may only pay the additional cost once per permanent spell.
- : Some players may make the mental shortcut that the Defilers effectively turn one of the colored mana symbols in the spell’s cost into a Phyrexian colored mana symbol. Despite the similarity in function, this ability does not cause the spells to have Phyrexian mana symbols in their costs. Sorry, Rage Extractor!