---
name: "Predatory Impetus"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Goad", "Enchant"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "249"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Xavier Ribeiro"
oracle_id: "87f22ec6-6668-4e15-b38c-fa1ac0292c6b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/predatory-impetus-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Predatory Impetus
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Goad, Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3, must be blocked if able, and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Martial Impetus](/printing/martial-impetus-c20.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Coercive Impetus](/printing/coercive-impetus-soc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Parasitic Impetus](/printing/parasitic-impetus-c21.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Incriminating Impetus](/printing/incriminating-impetus-clu.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Ghoulish Impetus](/printing/ghoulish-impetus-cmm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Shiny Impetus](/printing/shiny-impetus-c20.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #249
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Xavier Ribeiro
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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