Tempt with Mayhem

Card text

Tempting offer - Choose target instant or sorcery spell. Each opponent may copy that spell and may choose new targets for the copy they control. You copy that spell once plus an additional time for each opponent who copied the spell this way. You may choose new targets for the copies you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Tempt with Mayhem by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Tempt with Mayhem, newest first.

• 2024-06-07 Each of the copies will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless its controller chooses new ones. That player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. The new targets must be legal. If, for any target, they can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
• 2024-06-07 The copies are created on the stack, so they're not "cast." Creating a copy won't cause abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell to trigger.
• 2024-06-07 Tempt with Mayhem can't target itself. There are limits, after all.
• 2024-06-07 Starting with the next opponent in turn order (or the active player, if that player is one of your opponents), each opponent in turn order decides whether or not to copy the spell and, if they do, whether or not to choose new targets. Then, if that player did choose to copy the spell, the copy is put onto the stack. Finally, you copy that spell at least once (hopefully more, if the mayhem was tempting enough) and choose new targets for your copies if you wish. This means that your copies of the spell will resolve first, followed by the copies created by your opponents in the opposite order in which they were created.
• 2024-06-07 In the case where the spell being copied grants one or more players extra turns, those extra turns are added one at a time. When the current turn ends, the most recently created turn will be taken first.
• 2024-06-07 If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copies will have the same value of X.
• 2024-06-07 If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one -" or the like), the copies will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
• 2024-06-07 The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any alternative or additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any alternative or additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy.

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