Ichor Slick
Sorcery
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Madness 
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks Anthology: Garruk vs. Liliana
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #16581
Ichor Slick trades a tapped creature and three mana for a cycling trigger — the floor is low, but the ceiling is relevant in any deck that rewards discarding madness cards. Outside of dedicated madness shells, this is a below-rate removal spell that rarely earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath runs Ichor Slick because every madness card in the deck is free loot — you cycle Ichor Slick for one black mana, untap Anje, and dig deeper while still holding the option to cast the removal mode if a tapped creature matters.
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 |
In Commander, Ichor Slick is a role-player in one specific shell: Anje Falkenrath madness, where the cycling cost and madness tag both matter more than the removal text. Everywhere else, three mana to tap-lock one creature is too slow for a 100-card singleton format where threats multiply faster than answers. In Pauper and Legacy, Ichor Slick is legal but sees virtually no play — the removal landscape is too efficient for a conditional, sorcery-speed effect at this cost. It's not a card you build around outside of Commander; it's a card Commander made relevant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Ichor Slick is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box without thinking twice. It won't appreciate; demand is narrow enough that supply will always outpace it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.