---
name: "Jovial Evil"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "109"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Christopher Rush"
oracle_id: "274c5367-f02e-44a0-be8a-5ed03c831bda"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/jovial-evil-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Jovial Evil
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Jovial Evil deals X damage to target opponent, where X is twice the number of white creatures that player controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Virtue's Ruin](/printing/virtues-ruin-v14.md) — Sorcery
2. [Villainous Wrath](/printing/villainous-wrath-spm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Chaotic Backlash](/printing/chaotic-backlash-eve.md) — Instant
4. [Dread of Night](/printing/dread-of-night-6ed.md) — Enchantment
5. [Yawgmoth's Edict](/printing/yawgmoths-edict-7ed.md) — Enchantment
6. [Shauku's Minion](/printing/shaukus-minion-mir.md) — Creature — Human Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #109
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Christopher Rush
- **Total Printings:** 2 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`