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The Frightful Four
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The Frightful Four

{3}{B}

Legendary Creature — Villain

Menace

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, that player loses life equal to that spell's mana value.

"Turn, Reed Richards! Turn and face those who will destroy you!" —Wizard

4 / 4

Menace
Set
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC #44)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2026-06-26
Artist
Björn Barends
EDHREC rank
#14,023
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Twilight Prophet 67 %+61.0 %
  2. Witch's Cottage 78 %+53.4 %
  3. Phyrexian Arena 89 %+49.7 %
  4. Decorum Dissertation 56 %+49.6 %
  5. No Mercy 56 %+48.0 %
  6. Painful Quandary 56 %+45.4 %
  7. Giggling Skitterspike 44 %+44.2 %
  8. Crypt Ghast 89 %+42.0 %
  9. Exsanguinate 67 %+41.9 %
  10. Wound Reflection 44 %+41.0 %
  11. Maha, Its Feathers Night 44 %+40.1 %
  12. Erebos, God of the Dead 44 %+40.1 %
  13. Dauthi Voidwalker 56 %+39.9 %
  14. Blasphemous Edict 56 %+39.7 %
  15. War Room 56 %+39.6 %
  16. Pox Plague 44 %+39.2 %
  17. Thran Dynamo 44 %+38.7 %
  18. Ophiomancer 56 %+38.1 %
  19. Emeritus of Woe 44 %+37.7 %
  20. Dark Confidant 44 %+36.6 %
  21. Damnation 56 %+35.5 %
  22. Bloodchief Ascension 44 %+35.4 %
  23. Phyrexian Obliterator 44 %+33.3 %
  24. Rug of Smothering 33 %+33.0 %
  25. Syphon Mind 44 %+32.5 %
  26. Shredder, Shadow Master 33 %+31.8 %
  27. Mai, Scornful Striker 33 %+31.8 %
  28. Leyline of the Void 33 %+31.6 %
  29. Morbid Opportunist 56 %+31.3 %
  30. Dread Presence 44 %+31.2 %
  31. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted 33 %+31.1 %
  32. Leechridden Swamp 33 %+30.7 %
  33. Ayara, First of Locthwain 56 %+30.5 %
  34. Black Market Connections 56 %+30.5 %
  35. Wayfarer's Bauble 44 %+30.0 %
  36. Deadly Rollick 56 %+30.0 %
  37. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 44 %+29.7 %
  38. Scrawling Crawler 33 %+29.3 %
  39. Hagra Mauling 33 %+29.0 %
  40. Hagra Mauling 33 %+29.0 %
  41. Withering Boon 33 %+28.8 %
  42. Creeping Bloodsucker 33 %+28.7 %
  43. Bottomless Pit 33 %+28.3 %
  44. Unstoppable Slasher 33 %+27.9 %
  45. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 78 %+27.6 %
  46. The Meathook Massacre 44 %+27.3 %
  47. Greed 33 %+27.1 %
  48. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 56 %+25.8 %
  49. Plaguecrafter 44 %+24.6 %
  50. The Darkness Crystal 44 %+24.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 100 %+4.7 %
  2. Crypt Ghast 89 %+42.0 %
  3. Phyrexian Arena 89 %+49.7 %
  4. Cabal Coffers 78 %+23.0 %
  5. Sol Ring 78 %-7.6 %
  6. Witch's Cottage 78 %+53.4 %
  7. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 78 %+27.6 %
  8. Dark Ritual 67 %-0.7 %
  9. Twilight Prophet 67 %+61.0 %
  10. Feed the Swarm 67 %+16.3 %
  11. Exsanguinate 67 %+41.9 %
  12. Jet Medallion 67 %+4.6 %
  13. Arcane Signet 67 %+5.3 %
  14. Bojuka Bog 67 %+19.5 %
  15. Painful Quandary 56 %+45.4 %
  16. Damnation 56 %+35.5 %
  17. Dauthi Voidwalker 56 %+39.9 %
  18. War Room 56 %+39.6 %
  19. No Mercy 56 %+48.0 %
  20. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 56 %+25.8 %
  21. Deadly Rollick 56 %+30.0 %
  22. Ophiomancer 56 %+38.1 %
  23. Withering Torment 56 %+24.1 %
  24. Blasphemous Edict 56 %+39.7 %
  25. Black Market Connections 56 %+30.5 %
  26. Ayara, First of Locthwain 56 %+30.5 %
  27. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 56 %+17.9 %
  28. Morbid Opportunist 56 %+31.3 %
  29. Decorum Dissertation 56 %+49.6 %
  30. Dark Confidant 44 %+36.6 %
  31. Accursed Marauder 44 %+22.5 %
  32. Phyrexian Obliterator 44 %+33.3 %
  33. Solemn Simulacrum 44 %+23.6 %
  34. Go for the Throat 44 %+22.0 %
  35. Imp's Mischief 44 %+19.0 %
  36. Lightning Greaves 44 %+10.6 %
  37. Wayfarer's Bauble 44 %+30.0 %
  38. The Darkness Crystal 44 %+24.3 %
  39. Syphon Mind 44 %+32.5 %
  40. Sign in Blood 44 %+9.6 %
  41. Pox Plague 44 %+39.2 %
  42. The Meathook Massacre 44 %+27.3 %
  43. Maha, Its Feathers Night 44 %+40.1 %
  44. Giggling Skitterspike 44 %+44.2 %
  45. Wound Reflection 44 %+41.0 %
  46. Swiftfoot Boots 44 %+13.0 %
  47. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 44 %+29.7 %
  48. Plaguecrafter 44 %+24.6 %
  49. Erebos, God of the Dead 44 %+40.1 %
  50. Dread Presence 44 %+31.2 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗
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