Addle
Sorcery
Choose a color. Target player reveals their hand and you choose a card of that color from it. That player discards that card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2001
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #22789
Addle lets you name a color, see your opponent's hand, and strip a card of that color — targeted discard with attached information for two mana. It's strictly a role-player, not a staple, but in black decks that want to pick apart a specific opponent's hand, it does exactly what it says.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Addle is a one-for-one discard spell in a four-player format, which is a structural problem — trading one card to disrupt one opponent while two others develop freely rarely justifies a slot. Pauper is its best home, where the card pool is narrow enough that naming a color reliably hits a threat and the information gain matters more. Legacy and Vintage have strictly better discard options like Thoughtseize and Duress, so Addle doesn't see play there. It's legal in Oathbreaker, but the same Commander-format logic applies: one-for-one discard at sorcery speed is hard to justify.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Addle sits firmly in bulk territory and is easy to acquire. It won't hold or gain value — it's outclassed by Thoughtseize, Duress, and Unmask in nearly every context — but the price is no reason to avoid it if the effect fits your build.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.