Discordant Piper
Creature — Zombie Satyr
When this creature dies, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19254
Discordant Piper enters the battlefield and immediately gives each creature you control +1/+0 until end of turn — a one-mana anthem that doubles as a body. The cost is that each of those creatures deals 1 damage to you, so the wider your board, the steeper the life payment.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Discordant Piper is a bulk rare in every format it's legal in, and that's the right way to think about it. In Commander, the self-damage clause scales poorly: in a go-wide token deck you might pay 10 or more life for a single pump, which is a real cost in a multiplayer game where life is already a resource under pressure. Competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient one-drops, and Pioneer and Modern offer better aggro payoffs without the drawback. Pauper is the one format where a 1/1 for one mana with an anthem attached might carve a niche, but even there the life loss on a populated board makes it awkward to sequence.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Discordant Piper is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a trade binder rather than a deck. That price is stable simply because demand is near zero, not because it's an undiscovered gem.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.