Mournwhelk
Creature — Elemental
When this creature enters, target player discards two cards.
Evoke 
(You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #24020
Mournwhelk makes an opponent discard two cards the moment it enters — a Blightning stapled to a 3/2 body — but you're paying seven mana for the privilege. That cost is only justifiable if you're evoke-cheating it into play repeatedly or bouncing it for multiple triggers.
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 |
Mournwhelk is a Commander card almost exclusively — the format's slower pace and multiplayer politics make a two-card discard trigger more meaningful, especially when commanders like Sedris, the Traitor King or Marchesa, the Black Rose can loop the evoke trigger repeatedly. In Legacy and Vintage, seven mana is a non-starter and even the evoke line at five mana is outclassed by faster, cheaper discard spells. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Mournwhelk has any theoretical footing — common-legal five-mana evoke for two targeted discards is a real rate in that context, though it still sits near the ceiling of what the format wants to spend.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Mournwhelk is pure bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a niche evoke enabler. The price is stable there; it's not a card with crossover appeal that would push it higher, but it's also cheap enough to throw into any recursion build without a second thought.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.