Greel's Caress
Enchantment — Aura
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -3/-0.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #29703
Greel's Caress drains each opponent for 1 life and makes them discard a card whenever you cast it or copy it — repeatable pressure in a shell that spells frequently. Three mana for a one-time effect is a bad deal, but in the right storm or spellslinger deck the triggers stack fast enough to matter.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Greel's Caress has any real home, specifically in black spellslinger or storm builds that chain spells and want incidental life drain alongside hand disruption. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed by more efficient discard and drain options at common. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the effect is too small and the mana cost too steep for those formats' speed. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: viable only if the planeswalker and signature spell create a loop that copies or recasts it repeatedly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Greel's Caress is deep bulk — you're paying for a card, not a card's worth of power. It won't appreciate; grab a copy if the deck calls for it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.