Borrowed Malevolence

Format legality

Where you can play Borrowed Malevolence in sanctioned and popular formats.

All printings (2)

Prices range from $0.05 to $0.40 across finishes. Cheapest printing: Eldritch Moon at $0.05.

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Rulings

Official rulings from Wizards of the Coast (7).

• 2016-07-13You choose all of your modes at once. You can’t wait to perform one mode’s actions and then decide to choose more modes.
• 2016-07-13You can’t choose any one mode multiple times.
• 2016-07-13If two of the chosen modes of an escalate spell target a creature, you may choose the same creature for each mode’s target, or choose different creatures. The same is true if the chosen modes target a player (or opponent).
• 2016-07-13If one target of an escalate spell becomes illegal, the other targets will still be affected. If all of the targets become illegal, the spell won’t resolve.
• 2016-07-13Effects that reduce the cost of spells reduce the total cost, including any escalate costs added.
• 2016-07-13If an effect allows you to cast a spell that has escalate without paying its mana cost, you pay escalate costs for that spell if you choose more than one mode.
• 2016-07-13Additional costs don’t affect a spell’s mana value.

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