---
name: "Wicked Reward"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MGB"
set_name: "Multiverse Gift Box"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "D. Alexander Gregory"
oracle_id: "7aad0a80-cf7b-4224-8e72-d611e0be3383"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wicked-reward-mgb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wicked Reward
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target creature gets +4/+2 until end of turn.

> *"The blood on my hands is merely proof of my ambition."
—Kaervek*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vicious Betrayal](/printing/vicious-betrayal-5dn.md) — Sorcery
2. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
3. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
4. [Call for Blood](/printing/call-for-blood-bok.md) — Instant — Arcane
5. [Vicious Offering](/printing/vicious-offering-dom.md) — Instant
6. [Ichor Explosion](/printing/ichor-explosion-nph.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Multiverse Gift Box (MGB) #7
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** D. Alexander Gregory
- **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: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`