Spiteful Banditry

Enchantment

When Spiteful Banditry enters the battlefield, it deals X damage to each creature.

Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control die, you create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Dying is being put into the graveyard from the battlefield. Tokens enter the graveyard before they cease to exist.)

Tokens

• Treasure

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (16)

Asder on Kaervek, the Enchantress

3 days ago

I'm not sure how many of these are pet cards that you wanna play no matter what, but if you're taking suggestions, there's quite a few staples you could be playing over stuff like Raiding Party. Phyrexian Arena and Black Market Connections are the first that come to mind, but you could totally to some boardwipes in the form of The Meathook Massacre and Spiteful Banditry. Curse of Opulence is always a fun way to get some politics started. Painful Quandary is a card I always consider running when im in black.

I'm just going to quick fire some more: Blood Moon No Mercy Sunbird's Invocation Powerbalance Unholy Annex / Ritual Chamber Polluted Bonds Oubliette Grave Betrayal Possibility Storm Necrodominance Burning Earth Hopeless Nightmare Case of the Stashed Skeleton Smoke

Sorry if thats too much lol

Liquidbeaver on Ib Halfheart, Goblin Sac-tician [PRIMER]

1 week ago

Idoneity: Thank you! Seeing the deck and primer entertain people over the years is what keeps me playing and updating it.

Spiteful Banditry - The fact that you can cast for X=0 and get this out on turn 2 and just generate consistent value slowly is really appealing. It's also not a strong enough effect to warrant removal from opponents, so it will likely just sit out forever. The fact that it could also be late game mass removal is just icing on the cake. Gonna make a spot for this!

Magmatic Galleon - Ib always wanted his very own pirate ship! I am gonna keep looking to make sure, but I believe you are right that it would proc for each instance of excess non-combat damage, including the rare instances where I can do it on other turns. Normally my cutoff for cards that aren't Goblins (easier to cast) is 4 CMC, but I always give a +1 in instances that are fun. Gonna find a spot for this too!

Arena of Glory - This may be a better fit than Horizon of Progress. I'm gonna see how that plays a little more and then sub this in to test.

Fantastic suggestions! Ib says you're welcome for the opportunity to serve him.

Idoneity on Ib Halfheart, Goblin Sac-tician [PRIMER]

1 month ago

Love the deck. Creative commanders deserve creative solutions, and you have brilliantly delivered. Love the list and its oddity. Easy +1.

Here's some stray pickings that came to mind:

Spiteful Banditry — It poops out money. He might like it.

Magmatic Galleon — Probably slow, but certainly on theme. If I'm correct, all of the goblins sacked on blocks are separate triggers?

Arena of Glory — It's just good. Likely you do not need it. Never bad though.

Thus is all from me. Thank you for your raillery!

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Affinity for Rubber Chickens (Chiss-Goria EDH)

1 month ago

Idoneity: Thanks for the kudos. The deck is really fun. Which artifact commander was it you were running?

Traveler's Amulet and friends are interesting, but I don't usually like going that low with lands. Then again, I like that idea. I'll have to think about that.

Welding Jar is nice, but a little too low impact.

Spiteful Banditry has the problem of not being an artifact. The nonartifact count can be an actual issue.

Portal to Phyrexia and Memory Jar are both beyong what I'd pay for a single card, but especially portal would be a great addition to the list.

Brass's Tunnel-Grinder  ^Flip and Ruin Grinder both are really cool and will get on my buylist.

In short: Great input, thanks a lot!

Idoneity on Affinity for Rubber Chickens (Chiss-Goria EDH)

1 month ago

Love this list. It's very silly and it's very cool. That's enough for my +1.

However, what sort of commenter would I be if I were to abstain from imparted recommendations? Tribute to the Squeaky Mister.

Imma be mindful of budget. Welding Jar is a fantastic piece of utility that furthers your affinity plan. They do substantially less, but Mishra's Bauble and Ichor Wellspring each act the same in that regard.

It's no artifact, but Spiteful Banditry poops out treasure tokens when and after it wraths.

Something I did in my artifact list to increase artifact count is replace lands with Traveler's Amulet style effects. For the same reason, I also run Wanderer's Twig, Renegade Map, Mycosynth Wellspring, and Expedition Map.

For your big squeakies, I couldn't recommend Ruin Grinder more. It's easy to slot in because it's secretly a Mountain, and it let's you draw in a pinch.

I'm sure you know Portal to Phyrexia, but I figured I'd mention it.

One of the best artifacts in the past few years is Brass's Tunnel-Grinder  ^Flip. It's just good. I've never been displeased with one in hand, as it always minimally replaces itself and card filters.

A final recommendation that forgoes budget concerns is Memory Jar. It's one of the best draw effects an artifact deck can muster. A one-sided, one-turn wheel is as good as it gets, especially when it's cast with affinity.

Of course, all of these suggestions are brought about by a different mind, so employ only what you see fit. You know which squeakies he likes best, so not all of these may be up to snub.

Love the deck! Stay silly!

Amuneth on The Dark Lord Rises

1 year ago

Replacements from Precon

Mountain => Mount Doom

Mountain => Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress

Swamp => Barad-dur

Boon of the Wish-Giver => March from the Black Gate

Bitter Downfall => Bedevil

Deep Analysis => Call of the Ring

Goblin Dark-Dwellers => Dimir Signet

Goblin Cratermaker => Izzet Signet

Guttersnipe => Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain

Inferno Titan => Rakdos Signet

Monstrosity of the Lake => Spiteful Banditry

Siege-Gang Commander => The Balrog, Durin's Bane

Summons of Saruman => Chromatic Lantern

Troll of Khazad-dum => Sauron, the Dark Lord

Voracious Fell Beast => Saruman's Trickery

Merciless Executioner => Fall of Cair Andros

Foxigami on Spiteful Avatar

1 year ago

wow these are awesome suggestions!

first. i totally misread Spiteful Banditry, thought it could make a treasure token for each token killed. BirdieGirlie while some of the suggestions for cards are not modern legal (Grismold, the Dreadsower, Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor, and Sylvan Offering); thank you for the suggestions! legendofa your deck looks very fun, gave me some fun ideas as well as got me into a rabbit hole of finding even more cards to consider.

first the land base was copied from another deck that is another variation of this idea. I already have some ideas on how to change it.

i would have to agree that we have too many pieces doing the same thing. while it does help with make the deck more consistent with damaging the opponents for having creatures, this deck needs more token generation. i am leaning at Slaughter Specialist and Tribute to Horobi  ^Flip. Slaughter Specialist in this deck can be a wincon on its own with how much mass creature removal this deck has; Tribute to Horobi  ^Flip for generating tokens and the flipside is also neat if the opponent still has the rat tokens.

i think removal wise, i would be keen on removing one of the creatures as Blood Artist is can be a wincon on its own with the mass creature removal we have. Suture Priest is also way too good to not include as mentioned before, so i think removing Blood Seeker is the call, though there is a world were you could keep it. that world is if we want to cut out out white from this deck and add Slaughter Specialist and Cavern of Souls for the vampire tribal action. something i will have to consider.

Mercy Killing looks soo good on paper, but in practice it is a dead card against non-creature decks. it could work if we consider Hunted Horror, but it is a sideboard piece for sure though.

Hunted Troll is very fun, but also very slow. but the regeneration ability does give it potential. probably replace 2 copies of Avatar of Might with it.

Hunted Phantasm is too good for this deck to be considered for removal. the amount of damage it could dish when we have our game plan online is a wincon on its own and its stats and unblockable ability can close out games too. however it will depend on what color direction i go with this deck. more about that later on.

i would agree that ramp and card draw is very important and this deck needs some. Sylvan Scrying would be such a great card in this deck. it being able to find Forbidden Orchard is too valuable as well as fixing mana problems.

now there is one thing i have found that no one suggested, that would be The Phasing of Zhalfir. at first this card seems to be a slow token generator as it is a saga, however the read ahead ability gives makes it even better. we can board wipe and generate tons of tokens on both sides of the field for 4 mana. the possibilities are very high for this card: first if we have a lot of tokens on the board with Blood Artist out, that will be a lot of damage and life gained. second if we have Trespasser's Curse out, that is even more damage. finally you have the option to phase out an important piece that would be wiped by this card at the cost of tempo. good for if the opponent has a big creature to answer Avatar of Might or if you need to protect something at sorcery speed. def going to replace Spiteful Banditry with it. another

now for color directions this deck can go. boy there is a lot. first lets talk about the colors we cant remove. black should never be removed, too many synergy pieces are in black. green also is paramount with Avatar of Might, Sylvan Scrying, and Golgari Charm. every other color could be removed in favor of making this deck 3 or 4 colors. if we include white, we would be considering Suture Priest, Ghostly Prison, Authority of the Consuls, and Parting Gust. this makes the deck more controlling. adding blue gives us Hunted Phantasm, Swan Song, Strix Serenade, The Phasing of Zhalfir, and Into the Flood Maw. adding red gives us Spiteful Banditry (even if it isnt good), Rakdos Charm and Sazacap's Brew. we have a lot of flexibility to even splash colors. overall we have some pretty good options. i apreciate all the help so far and cant wait to see how this deck will end up looking like!

legendofa on Spiteful Avatar

1 year ago

Swan Song and Strix Serenade are solid sideboard options, or main board if you know your local meta well. Tribute to Horobi  ^Flip can pull out a couple more tokens.

I agree with BirdieGirlie that Spiteful Banditry isn't right here. The "one or more" and "once per turn" clauses make it more of a slow drain than a big rip of damage. But, for BirdieGirlie, Grismold, the Dreadsower and Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor aren't Modern-legal.

I have a deck that runs on the same idea in {W}{U}{B}. Infestation of Goblins and Rats The Avatar of Might approach looks fun, but it feels like you have too many other creatures that you want to have out, so it's going to come out pretty slowly.