Resounding Scream
Sorcery
Target player discards a card at random.
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, target player discards two cards at random.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #30529
Resounding Scream makes a target player discard three cards — a meaningful chunk of hand — and if you cycled it first, it hits every opponent at once. The cycling synergy is the entire reason to run it; without that payoff, you're paying four mana for a worse Hymn to Tourach.
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, Resounding Scream earns its slot only in dedicated discard or cycling strategies — the four-mana baseline is too slow for general use, but the cycling trigger turning it into a three-card wheel across all opponents is a genuine blowout. Pauper is where Resounding Scream sees the most competitive scrutiny, slotting into cycling-combo shells that can fire the mass discard effect at a meaningful tempo point. In Legacy and Vintage the card is technically legal but strictly outclassed — those formats have faster, unconditional discard at a fraction of the cost. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: build around it or skip it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Resounding Scream is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common bin without looking hard. That price reflects its narrow role; it holds no financial value, but it also costs nothing to pick up a playset.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.