Rousing of Souls
Sorcery
Parley — Each player reveals the top card of their library. For each nonland card revealed this way, you create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Then each player draws a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #19840
Rousing of Souls puts two 1/1 flying Spirit tokens on the battlefield for three mana — immediate board presence, no setup required. In decks that want a critical mass of fliers, that's the whole pitch; Sephara, Sky's Blade turns those two tokens into free-cast fuel on the very next turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sephara, Sky's Blade
Sephara, Sky's Blade lets you tap four fliers to cast her for a single white mana, and Rousing of Souls delivers two of those four in a single spell — it's not synergy so much as infrastructure.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rousing of Souls is legal in Commander, Pauper, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and Commander is the only place it shows up with any regularity. Pauper is the second-most plausible home — token generation at common is a real currency there — but three mana for two 1/1s is below the efficiency bar most Pauper token lists can afford. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; the card doesn't approach the power level those formats demand. Commander is where the flying-tribal and token-swarm synergies justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Rousing of Souls is deep bulk — grab a copy out of a commons box and don't think about it again. Bulk commons with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond what you need.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.