---
name: "Implement of Malice"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AER"
set_name: "Aether Revolt"
collector_number: "159"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Titus Lunter"
oracle_id: "16923d37-bac0-4e6a-bd02-f3aa9360deeb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/implement-of-malice-aer"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Implement of Malice
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{B}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target player discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Necrogen Spellbomb](/printing/necrogen-spellbomb-mrd.md) — Artifact
2. [Scepter of Fugue](/printing/scepter-of-fugue-con.md) — Artifact
3. [Urborg Mindsucker](/printing/urborg-mindsucker-vis.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Disrupting Scepter](/printing/disrupting-scepter-5ed.md) — Artifact
5. [Wrench Mind](/printing/wrench-mind-plst.md) — Sorcery
6. [Mind Ravel](/printing/mind-ravel-5ed.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aether Revolt (AER) #159
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Titus Lunter
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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