Gratuitous Violence is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
If a creature you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.
How it works : Gratuitous Violence
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Brion Stoutarm + Malignus + Gratuitous Violence
Near-infinite damage to one opponentNear-infinite lifegainTarget opponent loses the game
- 1Activate Brion by paying
, tapping it and sacrificing Malignus, dealing damage equal to two times Malignus's power to target opponent and causing you to gain that much life. - 2The opponent loses the game due to having 0 or less life.
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#2
Malignus + Warstorm Surge + Gratuitous Violence
Near-infinite damageTarget opponent loses the game
- 1Cast Malignus by paying
. - 2When Malignus enters the battlefield, Warstorm Surge triggers, dealing an amount of damage equal to twice Malignus' power to an opponent.
- 3The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
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#3
Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu + Platinum Angel
Each opponent with an even life total loses the gameNear-infinite damage
- 1Activate Heartless Hidetsugu by tapping it, causing it to deal lethal damage to each opponent with an even life total and nearly lethal damage to each opponent with an odd life total
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#4
Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu + Glacial Chasm
Each opponent with an even life total loses the gameNear-infinite damage
- 1Activate Heartless Hidetsugu by tapping it, causing it to deal damage to each opponent equal to their life total, and causing it to deal no damage to you
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#5
Malignus + Chandra's Ignition + Gratuitous Violence
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite damage
- 1Cast Chandra's Ignition by paying , causing Malignus to deal damage equal to twice its power to each other creature and each opponent.
- 2Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
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#6
Gratuitous Violence + Heartless Hidetsugu + Platinum Emperion
Each opponent with an even life total loses the gameNear-infinite damage
- 1Activate Heartless Hidetsugu by tapping it, causing it to deal damage to each opponent equal to half their life total, rounded down then doubled, and causing it to deal no damage to you
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#7
Heartless Hidetsugu + Gratuitous Violence + Pariah's Shield
Near-infinite damage
- 1Activate Heartless Hidetsugu by tapping it, dealing damage to each opponent equal to half their life total, rounded down, times 2, and dealing no damage to you due to Pariah's Shield.
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#8
Malignus + Terror of the Peaks + Gratuitous Violence
Near-infinite damageTarget opponent loses the game
- 1Cast Malignus by paying .
- 2When Malignus enters the battlefield, Terror of the Peaks triggers, dealing an amount of damage equal to twice Malignus' power to an opponent.
- 3The opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagepennycommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemyduelpremodernpredh
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