Bitter Chill
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay 
. If you do, scry 1, then draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #12482
Bitter Chill taps a creature and draws you a card when that creature dies — two effects stapled together for a single blue mana enchantment. In Hylda of the Icy Crown decks it's a staple because every tap trigger feeds Hylda's ability while the death trigger replaces itself, making it one of the most efficient pieces of the engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Bitter Chill does exactly what Hylda of the Icy Crown demands: it taps a creature on entry, firing a Hylda trigger, and replaces itself with a card draw when the enchanted creature dies — two payoffs from one mana.
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable cares about snow permanents and rewarding a go-wide snow strategy, and Bitter Chill is a snow enchantment that turns any creature into a tapped resource with a built-in cantrip, slotting cleanly into Isu's value engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bitter Chill is legal across every major constructed format but has found a home almost exclusively in Commander, where its tap-and-draw design lines up with specific tap-matters and snow-matters commanders. In competitive 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — a one-mana enchantment that doesn't immediately impact the board and requires a creature to die for the payoff is too slow and conditional to see meaningful play. Commander is where it earns its slot: the longer game gives the death trigger time to fire, and in the right decks that single blue mana is doing more work than its cost implies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Bitter Chill is deep bulk — you'll find it in bulk bins or pick up a playset for the price of a sleeve. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price point rarely climb unless a new commander pushes demand, so grab copies when building and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.