Silence the Believers
Instant
Strive — This spell costs 
more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Exile any number of target creatures and all Auras attached to them.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #21661
Silence the Believers exiles the target and every Aura attached to it — no graveyard triggers, no Umbra protection, no recursion hooks. Four mana at instant speed is the real cost, and strive makes it scale into late-game mana sinks without losing efficiency per target.
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 |
Commander is where Silence the Believers earns its slot: exile matters more in a multiplayer environment full of recursion, Aura Voltron threats, and indestructible commanders, and the strive clause lets you answer two problems at once when you've got the mana. In Legacy and Vintage the four-mana baseline is too slow against the formats' threat density, and cheaper exile removal crowds it out entirely. Pioneer is the most plausible competitive home — mono-black control shells occasionally want unconditional exile at instant speed — but it rarely makes the cut over cheaper options. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Silence the Believers is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin or grabbing a playset for less than a pack of sleeves. Bulk rare status means the price has essentially no floor left to fall, so there's no timing consideration: just buy it if you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.