Faerie Tauntings
Kindred Enchantment — Faerie
Whenever you cast a spell during an opponent's turn, you may have each opponent lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $1.68
- EDHREC rank
- #11134
Faerie Tauntings drains each opponent for 1 every time you cast an instant at their turns — a repeating life-tax that compounds fast in a four-player pod. Obyra, Dreaming Duelist turns that trigger into a clock, and the enchantment costs two mana to set up and nothing to maintain.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist is the natural home: flash creatures and instants cast on opponents' turns are the whole game plan, and Faerie Tauntings converts every one of those plays into a drain trigger that stacks across the table.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Alela, Cunning Conqueror rewards flash and instant-speed interaction to generate Faerie tokens, so Faerie Tauntings slots in as a free damage rider on the same spells that are already fueling the token engine.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Faerie Tauntings is worth a slot — three opponents means each drain trigger hits for 3 total life, and decks that operate at instant speed all game turn it into a steady win condition rather than an incidental effect. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's legal but unplayed; one opponent, one trigger per spell, and far more efficient ways to win make it a non-starter in those formats. Oathbreaker is legal and the two-player dynamic limits its ceiling, though a flash-heavy signature spell package can still extract some value from it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.68 cheap tier
At $1.68, Faerie Tauntings sits at the low end of niche enchantments — cheap enough to pick up without deliberation if you're building around Obyra or Alela. It's unlikely to spike meaningfully given the narrow application, so the current price is essentially its floor and its ceiling.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.