Resentful Revelation
Sorcery
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #7315
Resentful Revelation draws you three cards and mills three for four mana — solid raw output, but the Foretell cost means you pay two mana one turn and two the next, splitting the tempo hit across two turns rather than eating it all at once. In Emet-Selch, Unsundered decks specifically, stocking the graveyard while refilling your hand is exactly the axis the commander wants to operate on, making this more than generic draw.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Emet-Selch, Unsundered cares deeply about filling the graveyard and drawing into threats, and Resentful Revelation does both simultaneously — the mill-three clause isn't incidental, it's actively loading the yard for Emet-Selch's reanimation and recursion payoffs.
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
Sephiroth, Planet's Heir wants cards in the graveyard as a resource, and Resentful Revelation's draw-three plus mill-three at Foretell pricing gives Sephiroth decks an efficient way to stock the bin while maintaining card advantage.
Squall, SeeD Mercenary
Squall, SeeD Mercenary runs blue-black and values incremental card advantage, and Resentful Revelation fits as a Foretell-paced refuel that keeps the hand stocked without a punishing up-front mana investment.
Sin, Spira's Punishment
Sin, Spira's Punishment benefits from self-mill as a secondary resource engine, and Resentful Revelation's combination of graveyard loading and card draw aligns cleanly with what those decks want to be doing in the mid-game.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Resentful Revelation belongs — the singleton format's slower pace lets you bank the Foretell cost on turn two and cash in comfortably, and graveyard-matters commanders in Dimir make the mill-three clause pull real weight. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern or Pioneer, four mana split across two turns for draw-three is too slow against proactive threats, and the mill is largely irrelevant without a dedicated self-mill shell. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient draw at every mana cost, so Resentful Revelation doesn't register there. Pauper is the one competitive format where a common-legal draw-three might find a niche, though the Foretell tempo split is still a genuine liability against aggressive decks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Resentful Revelation is deep bulk — easy to acquire in quantity and a zero-budget include for any Dimir Commander deck that wants it. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate meaningfully, so pick it up for the effect, not the foil.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Emet-Selch, Unsundered
- Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
- Squall, SeeD Mercenary
- Sin, Spira's Punishment
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.