Card text
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.
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Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Power / toughness
4/4
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Card text
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.
Format legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- AlchemyNot legal
About Defiler of Instinct
Defiler of Instinct (119) is a Red Creature — Phyrexian Kavu from Dominaria United (DMU). It costs {2}{R}{R}, has mana value 4 and is a 4/4. It is printed at Rare rarity. The one keyword in its text is First strike. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage and 5 more formats.
Dominaria United is a main expansion, released September 2022. Defiler of Instinct has 2 other cards in the database, listed further down the page.
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.
Card details
- Card number
- 119
- Set
- Dominaria United (DMU)
- Set type
- Expansion
- Released
- 9 September 2022
- Rarity
- Rare (R)
- Printing
- Standard
- Type line
- Creature — Phyrexian Kavu
- Colour
- Red
- Colour identity
- Red
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Finish
- Non-foil
TCGplayer listing: Defiler of Instinct
Other printings of Defiler of Instinct in Dominaria United
The same card in other art and frames from this set — priced in the United States.
Defiler of Instinct in other sets
Every other printing with this name, one per set.
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