Gix's Caress
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "
: Add 
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21132
Gix's Caress drains each opponent for 2 and draws you a card whenever an opponent discards — in a multiplayer game with three opponents, a single Liliana of the Veil activation can net you 6 life, 3 cards, and a board presence swing before you untap. The ask is three mana for the enchantment itself, which is the only real cost, and in any discard-matters shell that cost pays back immediately.
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 |
Commander is where Gix's Caress earns its slot — three opponents means every wheel, every Oppression trigger, and every forced discard spell multiplies the drain and draw by three, turning one-for-one effects into one-for-three windfalls. In Pauper it's legal and cheap enough to test in discard-heavy builds, though the multiplayer scaling that makes it oppressive doesn't apply at one opponent. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have faster clocks and tighter discard suites where a three-mana enchantment that does nothing on entry is too slow to matter. Gix's Caress is a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Gix's Caress sits firmly in bulk territory — you're essentially getting it for free when buying a list. Bulk rares with narrow synergy homes rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move unless a dedicated discard commander breaks out on EDHREC.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.