Singing Bell Strike

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Enchanted creature has "{6}: Untap this creature."

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Khans of Tarkir
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#22033
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Singing Bell Strike card art
Singing Bell Strike locks down a creature and straps a mana sink to it — four colorless to untap, every turn, or it stays tapped forever. The cost is that your opponent controls the valve; in any deck that isn't exploiting the tap trigger, this is just a slow Pacifism.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Singing Bell Strike earns its slot exclusively in decks that profit from the enchanted creature staying tapped or from the opponent dumping mana into the untap cost — Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher being the canonical example, where the repeated tap trigger generates value the four-mana tax can't outrun. Outside that narrow band, it's outclassed by unconditional removal. In Pauper the card is legal but rarely played; the format has cheaper, cleaner answers. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have no interest — the effect is too slow and conditional for those environments.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

223 decks
Vhal, Candlekeep ResearcherSinging Bell Strike

Vhal, Candlekeep ResearcherSinging Bell Strike

Infinite colorless mana that can't be spent to cast spells from your hand

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Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Singing Bell Strike is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a new commander makes the tap-for-value engine suddenly ubiquitous.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.