Haunting Hymn
Instant
Target player discards two cards. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that player discards four cards instead.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #27161
Haunting Hymn makes a single opponent discard four cards at instant speed — that's a hand-gutting swing that can functionally end someone's game from a full grip. The cost is steep at six mana, which keeps it out of most competitive lists, but in slower pods it converts a full hand into a top-deck situation in one shot.
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 |
In Commander, Haunting Hymn is a one-opponent spell in a four-player game, which is its core problem — emptying one hand while three opponents remain untouched rarely shifts a game state enough to justify six mana. It finds its best home in dedicated discard strategies helmed by commanders like Tinybones, Trinket Thief or Nekusar, the Mindrazer, where triggering on-discard payoffs across the table makes the math more favorable. In Legacy and Vintage, four-mana hard discard like Hymn to Tourach already sets an impossible bar, and Haunting Hymn at six is simply unplayable in those formats. Modern has better, cheaper discard options at every point on the curve, so Haunting Hymn never sees play there either.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Haunting Hymn is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in without a second thought. It holds no financial upside; the card sees minimal competitive play, and that price reflects exactly what the market thinks of it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.