Fill with Fright
Sorcery
Target player discards two cards. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #26834
Fill with Fright makes an opponent discard two cards and lets you scry 2 — five points of hand and library manipulation for four mana at instant speed. That rate is too slow for most formats, but in casual Commander it pulls real weight in discard-matters and Dimir control shells.
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 |
Fill with Fright is a non-starter in Legacy, Vintage, and Modern, where four mana buys disruption that ends games rather than nudges hands. Pauper is the one competitive format where it sees fringe play, slotting into Dimir control lists that value the scry 2 as a late-game filter when hand disruption is otherwise redundant. Commander is where Fill with Fright actually earns a slot — the instant speed lets you strip a combo piece at end of turn, and the scry 2 smooths draws in a format where card selection matters across a long game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Fill with Fright is deep bulk — you're buying a playset for the price of a candy bar. That price is stable by floor, not by demand; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.