---
name: "Spiteful Motives"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Enchant", "Flash"]
set: "SOI"
set_name: "Shadows over Innistrad"
collector_number: "183"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Marco Nelor"
oracle_id: "a8f259b5-ef01-4f30-baa1-1b2a5419e61e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spiteful-motives-soi"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spiteful Motives
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and has first strike.

> *Gli Skirsdag, infiltratisi nel Concilio Lunarca, attendono il momento perfetto per colpire.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aspect of Manticore](/printing/aspect-of-manticore-thb.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Captain's Tutelage](/printing/captains-tutelage-trk.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Fire-Rim Form](/printing/fire-rim-form-tdm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Flaming Sword](/printing/flaming-sword-mmq.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Uncontrollable Anger](/printing/uncontrollable-anger-10e.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Super Speed](/printing/super-speed-msh.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #183
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Marco Nelor
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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