Diabolic Intent
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- The Brothers' War Promos #89s (rare)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Diabolic Intent has 11 printings, first in Planeshift (2001). EDHREC ranks it #275 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel decks (13,204 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 Diabolic Intent most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel: 13,204 decks
- Edgar Markov: 11,869 decks
- Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 9,277 decks
- Korvold, Fae-Cursed King: 8,193 decks
- Teysa Karlov: 7,294 decks
- Chatterfang, Squirrel General: 6,589 decks
- Meren of Clan Nel Toth: 6,141 decks
- Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver: 5,259 decks
Often played with Diabolic Intent
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You must choose a card if there are any in your library.
- : You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
- : Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.
- : You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
- : Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.