Hypothesizzle
Instant
Draw two cards. Then you may discard a nonland card. When you do, Hypothesizzle deals 4 damage to target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #14166
Hypothesizzle draws two cards and lets you discard one to deal 4 damage — solid card selection stapled to a removal spell, all for five mana at instant speed. It's too expensive for competitive formats, but Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot turns that five-mana instant into a free spell that reloads twice, which changes the math entirely.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot casts instants and sorceries for free when she attacks, and Hypothesizzle is one of the better targets — drawing two cards while pinging a creature or planeswalker keeps the engine churning without spending a single mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hypothesizzle is a Commander card through and through — five mana is too slow for Pauper's efficient threats, and it doesn't come close to the power ceiling in Legacy or Vintage. In Pioneer and Modern it's outclassed by cheaper draw-and-discard effects that don't ask for a fifth land. Commander is where the cost becomes acceptable: the 40-life format slows the clock enough that an instant-speed draw-two with upside pulls real weight, especially in Izzet decks that already want spells in the graveyard or benefit from the discard trigger.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Hypothesizzle sits firmly in bulk territory and is trivial to acquire. Bulk rares rarely spike without a format breakout, and nothing on the competitive horizon is calling for this one — pick it up now or in a year, the price will look the same.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.