Untimely Malfunction
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2024-09-20
The effect of Untimely Malfunction's last mode won't cause creatures that are already blocking to stop blocking.
- 2024-09-20
You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability targeted with Untimely Malfunction's second mode until Untimely Malfunction resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.
- 2024-09-20
If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Untimely Malfunction's second mode, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Untimely Malfunction, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smaug the Magnificent | 2 | 0 | — |
| Spider-Punk | 2 | 0 | — |
| Deadpool, Trading Card | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kratos, God of War | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied | 1 | 0 | — |
| Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm | 1 | 0 | — |
| Photon, Mighty Marvel | 1 | 0 | — |
| Thor, God of Thunder | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Red 7 decks
- Rakdos 3 decks
- Izzet 1 deck
- Temur 1 deck
Untimely Malfunction price history
The Duskmourn: House of Horror #161 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $8.22 | $9.97 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $8.22 | $9.97 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $8.44 | $10.07 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $7.96 | $10.10 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $7.69 | $10.15 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $7.74 | $10.29 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $8.15 | $10.29 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $8.23 | $10.44 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $8.17 | $10.44 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $7.75 | $10.44 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $7.92 | $10.44 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $8.23 | $10.49 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $8.67 | $10.43 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $8.28 | $10.67 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $8.25 | $10.67 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $8.34 | $10.75 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $8.49 | $10.82 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $8.46 | $10.83 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $8.52 | $10.71 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $9.10 | $10.71 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $9.43 | $10.74 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $9.18 | $10.63 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $9.12 | $10.63 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $9.11 | $10.63 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $10.06 | $10.63 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $10.15 | $10.60 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $9.03 | $10.66 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $9.76 | $10.29 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $9.87 | $10.37 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $8.60 | $10.21 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Untimely Malfunction
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- —
- Normal
- $8.22
- Foil
- $9.97
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Untimely Malfunction. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
