---
name: "Borrowed Malevolence"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Escalate"]
set: "SIR"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Volkan Baǵa"
oracle_id: "ee6e0279-9606-4877-a3a0-5d9dd557ff15"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/borrowed-malevolence-sir"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Borrowed Malevolence
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Escalate

## Oracle Text
Escalate {2} (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or both —
• Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Borrowed Grace](/printing/borrowed-grace-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Borrowed Hostility](/printing/borrowed-hostility-sir.md) — Instant
3. [Steal Strength](/printing/steal-strength-pcy.md) — Instant
4. [Lash of Malice](/printing/lash-of-malice-plst.md) — Instant
5. [Subtle Strike](/printing/subtle-strike-znr.md) — Instant
6. [Leeching Bite](/printing/leeching-bite-nph.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #100
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Volkan Baǵa
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`