Funeral Charm
Instant
Choose one —
• Target player discards a card.
• Target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn.
• Target creature gains swampwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #17596
Funeral Charm does three different things at instant speed — discard, swampwalk, -2/-1 — and any one of them can matter at the right moment. In Tinybones, Trinket Thief decks it's a one-mana forced discard that triggers your commander at end step, making it one of the cleanest role-players in the archetype.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tinybones, Trinket Thief
Tinybones, Trinket Thief wants every opponent empty-handed by end step, and Funeral Charm is a one-mana instant that forces a discard at any point in the turn cycle — including your opponents' end steps, which is exactly when Tinybones checks.
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 |
In Commander, Funeral Charm earns its slot almost exclusively in discard-matters builds — outside of Tinybones, Trinket Thief and a handful of Rack-style mono-black shells, the flexibility isn't enough to justify a card slot. Legacy and Vintage are where its instancy has historically mattered most, letting it double as a combat trick or discard spell depending on the board state, though neither format widely plays it today. Pauper is the format most likely to find a use for it in dedicated eight-Rack-style shells, where one-mana discard at instant speed is legitimately scarce. Modern has enough efficient discard to make Funeral Charm a fringe choice at best.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Funeral Charm sits firmly in bulk territory — it's an easy pickup that won't stress any budget. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb, but at this price point you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because it fits the deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.