Highspire Bell-Ringer
Creature — Djinn Monk
Flying
The second spell you cast each turn costs 
less to cast.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #11267
Highspire Bell-Ringer enters the battlefield and untaps all creatures you control — a combat trick stapled to a body that can swing the math on any alpha strike or enable a second wave of tap abilities in a single turn. The cost is real: five mana for a 3/2 is inefficient on rate, so you're running it because the untap trigger is worth more than the stats. Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur decks make that calculus work cleanly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur rewards you for casting spells and triggering enters-the-battlefield effects, and Highspire Bell-Ringer delivers both — the untap lets your entire board attack and then tap again for whatever ability triggers matter in the deck.
Eshki Dragonclaw
Eshki Dragonclaw cares about Warriors swinging in, and Highspire Bell-Ringer's untap effect lets the team attack, reset, and activate tap abilities before or after combat, stretching the value of every creature on board.
The Archimandrite
The Archimandrite builds around multiple creature types working in concert, and Highspire Bell-Ringer's mass untap gives the whole party a second activation window — relevant for tapping Clerics, Warriors, Rogues, or Wizards that generate value on tap.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Highspire Bell-Ringer earns its slot specifically in tap-matters or combat-step-abuse strategies — if your deck doesn't have a reason to untap every creature at flash speed, this is just an overcosted 3/2. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and too narrow to see play; five mana for a one-shot untap effect doesn't compete with the threats and interaction at that cost. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where a flash creature with a relevant ETB could theoretically find a home, but the mana cost still pushes it out of most competitive lists. Standard legality makes it accessible to newer players building casual decks around blink or untap synergies, which is probably where most copies end up outside EDH.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Highspire Bell-Ringer is bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow applications don't tend to move in price, so there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Alisaie Leveilleur // Alphinaud Leveilleur
- Eshki Dragonclaw
- The Archimandrite
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.