The nettling ability, informally named after the eponymous Nettling Imp card, is an ability that forces opponents' creatures to attack. The Goad mechanic is functionally similar, but goaded creatures attack your opponents.
Cards relating to or with the nettling ability[ | ]
Creatures
- Agitator Ant (Goad)
- Alluring Siren
- Angler Turtle
- Avatar of Slaughter (all creatures; also has double strike)
- Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer (Goad)
- Basandra, Battle Seraph
- Bhaal, Lord of Murder (Goad)
- Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist (Goad)
- Bloodboil Sorcerer (Goad)
- Boros Battleshaper
- Bothersome Quasit
- The Brothers' War (two target players, all creatures they control)
- Courtly Provocateur
- Coveted Peacock (Goad)
- Death's Kiss (Goad)
- Dulcet Sirens
- Edgin, Larcenous Lutenist
- Farid, Enterprising Salvager (Goad)
- Firkraag, Cunning Instigator (Goad)
- Fumiko the Lowblood (creatures your opponents control)
- Geode Rager (Goad)
- Glóin, Dwarf Envoy (Goad)
- Goblin Diplomats (creatures on any given turn)
- Goblin Rabblemaster (Goblin creatures you control)
- Goblin Racketeer (Goad)
- Goblin Spymaster (created token forces attacks)
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser (Goad)
- Grisly Anglerfish (creatures your opponents control)
- Heckling Fiends
- Hellraiser Goblin (creatures you control; also have haste)
- Instigator (creatures target player controls)
- Insufferable Balladeer (Goad)
- Jeering Homunculus (Goad)
- Jon Irenicus, Shattered One (Goad)
- Kaima, the Fractured Calm (Goad)
- Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant (Goad)
- Kardur, Doomscourge (creatures your opponents control)
- Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva (Goad)
- Komainu Battle Armor (Goad)
- Kros, Defense Contractor (Goad)
- Laurine, the Diversion (Goad)
- Life of the Party (Goad)
- Lucas, the Sharpshooter (Goad)
- Maddening Imp (non-Wall creatures the active player controls)
- Maeve, Insidious Singer (Goad)
- Marisi, Breaker of the Coil (Goad)
- Mocking Doppelganger (Goad)
- Nettling Imp
- Norritt
- Oceanus Dragon (Goad)
- Oracle en-Vec (any number of chosen creatures target opponent controls)
- Pursued Whale (created token forces attacks)
- Rage Nimbus
- Ravener
- Seeker of Slaanesh
- Shipwreck Singer
- A-Sizzling Soloist
- Sizzling Soloist
- Slicer, Hired Muscle (Goad)
- Sly Instigator (Goad)
- Taunting Kobold (Goad)
- Taunting Sliver (Goad)
- Thantis, the Warweaver (all creatures)
- Trench Behemoth
- Vengeful Ancestor (Goad)
- Viashino Bey (if this attacks, all creatures you control)
- Walking Desecration (creatures of the creature type of your choice)
- Warmonger Hellkite (all creatures)
Enchantments
- Bloodshed Fever
- Curse of the Nightly Hunt (creatures enchanted player controls)
- Dulcet Sirens
- Furor of the Bitten
- Ghoulish Impetus (Goad)
- Goblin Assault (all Goblin creatures)
- Grand Melee (all creatures)
- Guise of Fire
- Impending Doom
- Infectious Bloodlust
- Lust for War
- Martial Impetus (Goad)
- Mogis's Warhound (in Aura form)
- Nettling Curse
- Parasitic Impetus (Goad)
- Popular Entertainer (Goad)
- Predatory Impetus (Goad)
- Psychic Impetus (Goad)
- A-Public Enemy
- Public Enemy
- Shiny Impetus (Goad)
- Skeletal Swarming (Skeleton creatures you control)
- Skin Invasion
- Suicidal Charge (creatures your opponents control)
- The Akroan War
- Trove of Temptation
- Uncontrollable Anger
- War's Toll (if a creature an opponent controls attacks, all creatures that opponent controls)
Sorceries
- Besmirch (Goad)
- Coronation of Chaos (Goad)
- Disrupt Decorum (Goad)
- Maestros Confluence (Goad)
- Spectacular Showdown
- Taunt (creatures that player controls)
- Taunt from the Rampart (Goad, creatures opponents controls)
Instants
- Aggravate (each creature target player controls)
- Boiling Blood
- Chemister's Trick (target creature you don't control - Overload)
- Illusionist's Gambit
- Imaginary Threats (creatures your opponents control)
- Imps' Taunt
- Incite (also becomes red)
- Incite War (bi-modal spell - creatures target player controls)
- Into the Fray
- Siren's Call (creatures the active player controls)
Planeswalkers
Artifacts
Dungeon