Discerning Taste
Sorcery
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You gain life equal to the greatest power among creature cards put into your graveyard this way.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #14487
Discerning Taste draws four cards and puts two in the graveyard for five mana — that's a net card advantage of two with a self-mill bonus baked in. It's a slow rate, but in graveyard-matters decks that want both the hand and the bin filled, this does real work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Discerning Taste earns its slot — specifically in graveyard-based strategies that treat the mill as upside rather than a cost. Five mana at sorcery speed would be a liability in competitive formats, and it sees essentially no play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern, where the rate is far too slow. In Pauper, where card advantage at common is scarce, it's a niche option in slower self-mill brews, though better common draw spells exist for most purposes. Oathbreaker largely mirrors Commander in deck-building philosophy, so the same graveyard shells that want it there will want it here.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Discerning Taste is deep bulk — you'll find it in dollar boxes or throw-in piles without looking hard. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless they get a sudden format breakout, which this card is not positioned for.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.