Ghoulish Impetus
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #1843 (rare)
- Price
- $3.64 USD
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1, has deathtouch, and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
When enchanted creature dies, return this card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.
Ghoulish Impetus has 5 printings, first in Commander Masters (2023). EDHREC ranks it #2,616 among Commander cards. It appears most in Eriette of the Charmed Apple decks (12,945 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Ghoulish Impetus
- 20 Ways to Win, led by Go-Shintai of Life's Origin
- Enduring Enchantments - Commander Masters, led by Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
- Silverquill Influence - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Killian, Decisive Mentor
Commanders that run Ghoulish Impetus most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Eriette of the Charmed Apple: 12,945 decks
- Killian, Decisive Mentor: 10,633 decks
- Xantcha, Sleeper Agent: 2,526 decks
- Jon Irenicus, Shattered One: 2,307 decks
- Queen Marchesa: 2,004 decks
- Karona, False God: 1,709 decks
- Scriv, the Obligator: 1,600 decks
- Eriette, the Beguiler: 1,509 decks
Often played with Ghoulish Impetus
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the creature doesn't meet any of the above exceptions and can attack, it must attack a player other than the controller of the spell or ability that goaded it if able. If the creature can't attack any of those players but could otherwise attack, it must attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, a battle an opponent protects, or a player who goaded it.
- : If, during a player's declare attackers step, a creature that player controls that's been goaded is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under that player's control continuously since the turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack a player, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack that player.
- : Attacking with a goaded creature doesn't cause it to stop being goaded. If a creature you control has been goaded by multiple opponents, it must attack one of your opponents that hasn't goaded it, as that fulfills the maximum number of goad requirements. If a creature you control has been goaded by each of your opponents, the creature must attack an opponent (rather than a planeswalker or battle), but you choose which opponent it attacks.
- : Being goaded isn't an ability the creature has. Once it's been goaded, it must attack as detailed above even if it loses all abilities.