---
name: "Imps' Taunt"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Buyback"]
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "138"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Colin MacNeil"
oracle_id: "7ebec169-d941-460e-9e3c-ba54b5066b05"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/imps-taunt-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Imps' Taunt
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Buyback

## Oracle Text
Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Target creature attacks this turn if able.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Change of Heart](/printing/change-of-heart-sth.md) — Instant
2. [Seething Anger](/printing/seething-anger-tpr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Mind Games](/printing/mind-games-sth.md) — Instant
4. [Anoint](/printing/anoint-tpr.md) — Instant
5. [Elvish Fury](/printing/elvish-fury-plst.md) — Instant
6. [Evangelize](/printing/evangelize-tsp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #138
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Colin MacNeil
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`