Auntie's Sentence
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland permanent card from it. That player discards that card.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #16450
Auntie's Sentence exiles up to three target creatures or planeswalkers — a sweeper-light removal spell that scales cleanly in a format full of indestructible threats. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar is the natural home, pairing discard pressure with a payoff that punishes opponents for having anything left on board.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar strips hands and leaves opponents top-decking, which means Auntie's Sentence often hits three targets with zero blowback — the discard engine and the removal spell operate on the same axis.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Auntie's Sentence earns its slot by hitting up to three permanents with a single spell, which matters when you're staring down three different threats at a four-player table. Standard and Pioneer could use it as flexible removal in controlling builds, though hitting only creatures and planeswalkers limits its range against artifact and enchantment strategies. In Modern and Legacy, the three-mana cost is hard to justify when one-mana spot removal dominates, so it's almost exclusively a Commander card in practice. Pauper players have access to it too, but the format's creature-light combo decks reduce its value sharply.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Auntie's Sentence is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the effect fits your deck. Bulk rares at this price rarely climb without a breakout tournament performance, and this one's ceiling is Commander play, so treat it as a cheap role-player and nothing more.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.