Shiny Impetus

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Shiny Impetus: Enchantment - Aura, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Enchant creature. Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment - Aura
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Common
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
231
Artist
Filipe Pagliuso
Commander rank
1,404 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Enchant, Goad, Treasure

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About Shiny Impetus

Shiny Impetus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red enchantment from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 231 in that set, with art by Filipe Pagliuso. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Pauper Commander. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Commander 2020 (2020) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Shiny Impetus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal

Other printings of Shiny Impetus

Shiny Impetus has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #TDC-231Common2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #7165Rare2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1845Uncommon2024
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #180Uncommon2024
Ravnica: Clue Edition (CLU) #147Common2024
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #161Uncommon2024
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #227Uncommon2023
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #194Common2022
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #138Uncommon2021
Commander 2020 (C20) #55Uncommon2020

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Shiny Impetus, newest first.

  • Attacking with a goaded creature doesn't cause it to stop being goaded. If there is an additional combat phase that turn, or if another player gains control of it before it stops being goaded, it must attack again if able.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 controls, 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.
  • Shiny Impetus causes you to create a Treasure token, not the attacking creature's controller.

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