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Horobi, Death's Wail

Legendary Creature — Spirit

Flying
Whenever a creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, destroy that creature.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Multiverse Legends
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#10232
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Horobi, Death's Wail card art
While Horobi, Death's Wail is on the battlefield, every targeting effect becomes a free removal spell — opponents can't equip, pump, or even cantrip onto a creature without killing it. The cost is symmetry: your own creatures die to targeting too, so every card in the deck has to either ignore that weakness or exploit it, and Shadow Alley Denizen and King of the Oathbreakers both show exactly what that exploitation looks like.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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King of the Oathbreakers

King of the Oathbreakers

59.5% of decks · synergy 0.58

King of the Oathbreakers runs Horobi, Death's Wail in roughly 59% of lists because the King's triggered ability targets creatures — meaning every Rogue that enters the battlefield becomes a removal spell the moment Horobi is in play.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Horobi, Death's Wail belongs — either in the command zone as the engine itself, or in the 99 of a deck built to weaponize targeting. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but functionally unplayed; four mana for a 2/2 with no immediate impact is too slow against combo and tempo decks that couldn't care less about creature removal. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where Horobi, Death's Wail can lead a deck, and the targeting-equals-death text is just as brutal there. Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper never got the card.

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Current pricing data isn't available for Horobi, Death's Wail, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. It's a casual Commander staple with a narrow function, which historically keeps its price low — but confirm before assuming.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.