Sibilant Spirit
Creature — Spirit
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, defending player may draw a card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #30391
Sibilant Spirit puts a 4/4 flying body on the board and draws your opponents cards — that political liability is the entire cost of the effect. A 6-mana 4/4 flier is below rate by itself, and handing card advantage to opponents is a real downside that only pays off in decks built to weaponize it.
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 |
In Commander, Sibilant Spirit only belongs in decks that punish card draws — Nekusar, the Mindrazer, Niv-Mizzet, Parun, or similar group-draw strategies where the drawback is the whole point. Outside that narrow shell, the card is a political liability that accelerates opponents for free. In Legacy and Vintage, a 6-mana 4/4 flier with a symmetrical downside has never been competitive and sees no meaningful play. Oathbreaker is the one format where a tightly focused signature spell or commander could make Sibilant Spirit's triggered draws matter, but the mana cost is still a hard sell at that scale.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Sibilant Spirit is deep bulk — the price reflects how rarely it gets played outside of very specific casual builds. It holds that floor easily since casual group-draw players do pick it up, but there's no pressure driving it higher.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.