Screams of the Damned
Enchantment
, Exile a card from your graveyard: This enchantment deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #28989
Screams of the Damned drains every opponent for 1 life each time a creature hits your graveyard — no mana required after the initial five to put it on the board. The activation is painless and the effect is continuous, making it a quiet engine that closes games in attrition-heavy graveyard decks.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Screams of the Damned belongs: three opponents means every creature death triggers three life drains simultaneously, and graveyard-focused strategies give it a constant fuel source. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but the five-mana enchantment slot faces steep competition from faster, more disruptive options in those formats. Screams of the Damned simply doesn't have the velocity to matter in 60-card formats where games end before a slow engine stabilizes.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Screams of the Damned is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or out of a bargain bin. The price is unlikely to move unless a breakout graveyard commander pushes it into wider circulation, but at this tier you're just buying it, not tracking it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.