---
name: "Ghoulish Impetus"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Goad", "Enchant"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "763"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Steve Ellis"
oracle_id: "276eccd6-4a76-46e8-b604-94472e618115"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ghoulish-impetus-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ghoulish Impetus
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Goad, Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1, has deathtouch, and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
When enchanted creature dies, return this card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Parasitic Impetus](/printing/parasitic-impetus-c21.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Coercive Impetus](/printing/coercive-impetus-soc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Predatory Impetus](/printing/predatory-impetus-clb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Martial Impetus](/printing/martial-impetus-c20.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Demonic Vigor](/printing/demonic-vigor-dom.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Aspect of Gorgon](/printing/aspect-of-gorgon-jou.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #763
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Steve Ellis
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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