Hissing Miasma
Enchantment
Whenever a creature attacks you, its controller loses 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guildpact
- Price
- $3.99
- EDHREC rank
- #9725
Hissing Miasma taxes every attack aimed at you — each opponent loses life equal to the number of creatures they swung with, turning aggression into a death sentence. Three mana for a permanent that discourages wide boards from ever pointing at you is the deal; the ceiling is highest in Thantis, the Warweaver, where you want attacks everywhere but your direction.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thantis, the Warweaver
Thantis, the Warweaver forces all creatures to attack each combat, and Hissing Miasma converts that mandatory aggression into a life drain engine — opponents who can't swing at someone else watch their life totals collapse turn by turn.
Sygg, River Cutthroat
Sygg, River Cutthroat draws cards whenever any opponent loses 3 or more life in a turn, and Hissing Miasma reliably triggers that condition by punishing wide attacks, turning your opponents' combat decisions into free card draw for you.
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 |
Hissing Miasma is a Commander card through and through — its value scales with the number of opponents, and in a four-player game the deterrent effect and the life loss both compound meaningfully. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; three mana for a soft pillow fort effect doesn't compete in formats where games end on turn one or two. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it pulls weight, again because of the multiplayer table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.99 cheap tier
At $3.99, Hissing Miasma sits at the low end of the mid-budget range — cheap enough to slot in without deliberation, and niche enough that the price is unlikely to spike without a reprint or a breakout commander pulling demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.