---
name: "Slight Malfunction"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "UNF"
set_name: "Unfinity"
collector_number: "409"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Greg Bobrowski"
oracle_id: "d1f36c19-ef39-4204-b126-8ea051bde0d2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slight-malfunction-unf"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Slight Malfunction
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Roll a six-sided die. When you do, Slight Malfunction deals 1 damage to each of up to X target creatures, where X is the result.

> *"Attention, valued patrons. The Tilt-o-Squirrel is now closed."
—Astrotorium public address system*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Untimely Malfunction](/printing/untimely-malfunction-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Start from Scratch](/printing/start-from-scratch-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
3. [Detonate](/printing/detonate-mrd.md) — Sorcery
4. [Six-Sided Die](/printing/six-sided-die-unf.md) — Instant
5. [Strategy, Schmategy](/printing/strategy-schmategy-und.md) — Sorcery
6. [Socketed Sprocketer](/printing/socketed-sprocketer-ust.md) — Artifact Creature — Cyborg Knight

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unfinity (UNF) #409
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Greg Bobrowski
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`