Horrifying Revelation
Sorcery
Target player discards a card, then mills a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21911
Horrifying Revelation makes an opponent mill two and discard a card — for one black mana at sorcery speed, that's a real effect. It belongs in dedicated discard or mill strategies; anywhere else, the impact doesn't justify the slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Horrifying Revelation is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees meaningful play almost exclusively in Pauper discard shells and Commander graveyard strategies. In Commander, 100-card decks dilute targeted discard heavily — this card earns its slot only when your commander rewards each discard trigger or cares about filling a specific player's graveyard. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, dedicated discard runs Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek, so Horrifying Revelation doesn't make the cut. Pauper is its most competitive home, where the card pool narrows enough that one-mana discard with a mill rider is genuinely useful.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Horrifying Revelation is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. The price is stable in the way all bulk commons are stable: no ceiling to fall from.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.