Shessra, Death's Whisper
Legendary Creature — Human Elf Warlock
Bewitching Whispers — When Shessra enters, target creature blocks this turn if able.
Whispers of the Grave — At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16680
Shessra, Death's Whisper converts deathtouch creatures into forced blocks and forced blocks into cards — two lines of text that threaten combat math and refuel your hand simultaneously. The cost is a 2/3 body for five mana, which is slow enough that she earns her slot only in decks that already lean on deathtouch synergies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shessra, Death's Whisper is a Commander card through and through — the combination of passive draw and combat deterrence needs a long game and a creature-dense strategy to pay off, both of which Commander provides. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer she's legal but has no realistic application; five mana for a 2/3 with conditional draw doesn't compete with the threats and interaction available at that cost in those formats. Commander is the one environment where deathtouch tribal and Golgari value shells are common enough that she finds a natural home, and the multiplayer table amplifies her deterrence effect across multiple potential attackers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Shessra, Death's Whisper is deep bulk — a penny-bin pickup at any card shop. That price reflects low demand outside narrow Commander niches, and there's no pressure catalyst that would move it, so treat it as a free inclusion if the synergy fits.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.