Murmurs from Beyond
Instant — Arcane
Reveal the top three cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. Put that card into your graveyard and the rest into your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2011
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #21291
Murmurs from Beyond replaces itself and then some — three cards for two mana at instant speed is ahead of rate for blue, with the only cost being one card exiled face-down that opponents can't interact with. It's a clean cantrip upgrade in any deck that wants cheap, flexible card selection.
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, Murmurs from Beyond earns its slot in blue-heavy decks that want instant-speed draw at a low mana investment — the exile clause barely registers when you're drawing three and keeping interaction mana open. In Pauper it faces stiff competition from Brainstorm and Preordain, which offer more sculpting power at one mana, so it sits at the fringe of that format. Legacy and Vintage have enough redundant draw at one mana that Murmurs from Beyond never sees play there. Commander is by far its best home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Murmurs from Beyond is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a cheap singles order filler. Bulk commons with narrow appeal don't appreciate, so pick it up for its utility and nothing else.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.