Night's Whisper
Sorcery
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #186
Night's Whisper draws two cards for two mana and two life — that's the whole transaction, and it's a good one. Kuja, Genome Sorcerer decks run it at a 67% clip because cheap, reliable card draw at sorcery speed slots cleanly into any black shell without asking anything complicated of you.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer wants to chain spells and reload quickly, and Night's Whisper is exactly the kind of low-cost draw that keeps the engine turning without clogging up a turn.
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch builds around accumulating small advantages and paying life as a resource, so Night's Whisper fits the tax structure naturally — two life is a bargain when you're already leaning on your life total as currency.
Black Waltz No. 3
Black Waltz No. 3 rewards stacking instants and sorceries, and Night's Whisper is a clean spell-count contributor that replaces itself and then some.
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Winter, Cynical Opportunist decks need to hit land drops and find threats consistently; Night's Whisper at two mana does exactly that without eating a meaningful chunk of your turn.
Cecil, Dark Knight
Cecil, Dark Knight often runs a life-payment subtheme, and Night's Whisper slots in as efficient draw that doubles as a deliberate life-loss trigger when the deck wants to track that number going down.
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 |
Night's Whisper is a Commander staple first — two-mana draw-two is the benchmark spell for black decks that can't lean on green ramp to float extra cards. In Pauper it's a genuine role-player, where common-legal card draw at this efficiency is scarce and the two-life cost is easy to absorb. Legacy and Vintage have access to Ancestral Recall and Timetwister, so Night's Whisper rarely competes there, but it's legal if you want it. Pioneer and Standard players are out of luck — it's not in the card pool.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Night's Whisper is deep bulk — you're paying less than a pack of gum for one of black's most reliable draw spells. That price has nowhere meaningful to go given how many printings exist, so grab it whenever you need it and don't think twice.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
- Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
- Black Waltz No. 3
- Winter, Cynical Opportunist
- Cecil, Dark Knight
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.