---
name: "Gratuitous Violence"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Double"]
set: "CN2"
set_name: "Conspiracy: Take the Crown"
collector_number: "161"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christopher Moeller"
oracle_id: "7c340a39-4ee0-4ba1-bb66-6674f8020fda"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gratuitous-violence-cn2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gratuitous Violence
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Double

## Oracle Text
If a creature you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

> *Only the Cabal could make a fight to the death more deadly.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fiery Emancipation](/printing/fiery-emancipation-m21.md) — Enchantment
2. [Furnace of Rath](/printing/furnace-of-rath-plst.md) — Enchantment
3. [Calamity Bearer](/printing/calamity-bearer-pkhm.md) — Creature — Giant Berserker
4. [Dictate of the Twin Gods](/printing/dictate-of-the-twin-gods-scd.md) — Enchantment
5. [Angrath's Marauders](/printing/angraths-marauders-lcc.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
6. [Absorbing Man and Titania](/printing/absorbing-man-and-titania-msc.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Villain

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #161
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christopher Moeller
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

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