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Starfield Vocalist

Creature — Human Bard

If a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Warp {1}{U} (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Edge of Eternities
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2327
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Starfield Vocalist card art
Starfield Vocalist turns every triggered ability into a life payment engine, and the decks built around Aang, at the Crossroads or Venser, Shaper Savant that loop triggers will drain opponents out fast. The cost is real — you're taxing your own life total — but in the right shell the payoff is lopsided enough that the math works in your favor.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Aang, at the Crossroads

64.5% of decks · synergy 0.60

Aang, at the Crossroads generates cascading triggers across multiple ability types, and Starfield Vocalist converts each of those triggers into a drain effect that closes games before opponents can stabilize.

02
Y'shtola Rhul

Y'shtola Rhul

61.0% of decks · synergy 0.58

Y'shtola Rhul rewards players for casting spells and generating triggers in sequence, and Starfield Vocalist slots in as the payoff that turns that sequence into a life-total clock.

03
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

56.2% of decks · synergy 0.54

Gyruda, Doom of Depths creates a loop of enters-the-battlefield triggers when paired with the right targets, and Starfield Vocalist turns each iteration of that loop into a drain increment that ends the game.

04
Niko, Light of Hope

Niko, Light of Hope

53.9% of decks · synergy 0.46

Niko, Light of Hope generates shard tokens and triggers repeatedly, and Starfield Vocalist converts that token-creation engine into a steady drain that compounds over multiple turns.

05
Yarok, the Desecrated

Yarok, the Desecrated

43.7% of decks · synergy 0.41

Yarok, the Desecrated doubles every enters-the-battlefield trigger, and Starfield Vocalist means each doubled trigger is also a doubled drain — the life-loss math accelerates quickly in that shell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Starfield Vocalist belongs — the format's longer games and trigger-heavy decks give the drain effect time to accumulate into a win condition rather than a curiosity. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, the card is legal but faces a much higher bar: two-mana creatures need immediate board impact, and a conditional drain engine rarely clears that threshold against fast opposition. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but the card's ceiling doesn't come close to justifying a slot in those formats' optimized lists. Oathbreaker offers a middle ground, where a planeswalker commander generating repeated triggers can make Starfield Vocalist shine in a more contained game state.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Starfield Vocalist isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Given the card's niche role in trigger-heavy Commander builds, it typically moves with the popularity of its best commanders rather than on its own merit.

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