Mortiphobia
Enchantment
, Discard a card: Exile target card from a graveyard., Sacrifice this enchantment: Exile target card from a graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #28724
Mortiphobia makes each opponent discard a card at the start of their upkeep — recurring, symmetric pressure stapled to a permanent that sits on the board and grinds without further investment. Three mana for an enchantment that forces a discard every rotation is solid rate, and in a dedicated discard-matters shell it pulls double duty as both enabler and threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Mortiphobia earns its keep — three opponents each losing a card every turn cycle means the table hemorrhages resources fast, and any commander that rewards discarding (Tinybones, Rankle, the Obosh-adjacent Rakdos piles) turns that pressure into a material advantage. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but Mortiphobia is too slow and too low-impact for formats where the game ends before the enchantment generates enough value to matter. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic at a smaller table, still viable in the right discard-themed pairing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Mortiphobia sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not buying it for the price tag, you're buying it because it does something no other card in that bin does. Bulk enchantments with repeating discard text don't spike unless a new commander breaks the archetype wide open, so expect it to stay in this range unless the metagame shifts hard toward discard-punisher strategies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.