Sirocco
Instant
Target player reveals their hand. For each blue instant card revealed this way, that player discards that card unless they pay 4 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #27202
Sirocco pumps one of your attacking creatures by the number of green creatures blocking it — a combat trick that does nothing if your opponent doesn't block, and very little if only one creature does. It's a marginal card in 1994 and hasn't gotten better since.
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 |
Sirocco is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, combat tricks are already a tough sell — they're single-target, sorcery-speed in spirit, and blank when your opponent chooses not to block; Sirocco is conditional even by that low standard, since it scales off blocking green creatures your opponent controls. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it. There is no competitive or casual context where Sirocco is the right card for the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Sirocco sits in bulk territory, which is exactly where it belongs. The price reflects demand accurately — don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.