Agonizing Remorse
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it or a card from their graveyard. Exile that card. You lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #16646
Agonizing Remorse hits any nonland card — hand or graveyard — and replaces itself with information, all for one black mana and one life. Solid, efficient, and never embarrassing to cast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Agonizing Remorse is a role-player rather than a staple — stripping one card from one opponent in a four-player game is rarely worth a slot when proactive threats compete for space. It earns its seat in dedicated discard builds or strategies that care about knowing what's coming, particularly in 1v1 Commander brackets. In Pioneer and Modern, Agonizing Remorse sees real sideboard work as a flexible answer to combo pieces sitting in graveyards or hands, covering angles that more narrow discard spells miss. Legacy and Vintage have cheaper, more powerful options, so it rarely makes the cut there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Agonizing Remorse is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in trade binders or throw into any order as filler. Demand is steady enough from Pioneer sideboard play that it won't fall further, but there's no reason to stock up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.