Thrilling Encore
Instant
Put onto the battlefield under your control all creature cards in all graveyards that were put there from the battlefield this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $1.61
- EDHREC rank
- #7077
Thrilling Encore lets you steal every creature that died this turn — at instant speed, at the end of combat — for five mana and a black pip. That combination of timing and scope makes it one of the most backbreaking responses to a board wipe in the format; commanders like Toshiro Umezawa flash it back off an opponent's kill spell and walk away with a full board.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Toshiro Umezawa
Toshiro Umezawa triggers whenever an opponent's creature dies to an instant, meaning a single kill spell can set up Thrilling Encore as a follow-up — and Toshiro lets you recast instants from the graveyard, so the card has reach well beyond its first use.
Massacre Girl
Massacre Girl wipes the entire board herself, which means Thrilling Encore is almost always drawing from a full table's worth of bodies; the combo is so reliable that nearly half of all Massacre Girl decks include it.
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor runs a critical mass of Faeries that other players are forced to answer, and Thrilling Encore converts that targeted removal into a one-sided army refill.
Piru, the Volatile
Piru, the Volatile is a sacrifice engine that kills itself and everything else in the room, and Thrilling Encore converts that mass death trigger into permanent board control for a single five-mana investment.
Horobi, Death's Wail
Horobi, Death's Wail turns every targeting effect into a kill spell, generating a constant stream of creature deaths that Thrilling Encore can cash in for a full battlefield conversion.
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 |
Thrilling Encore is a Commander card through and through — multiplayer games guarantee a steady supply of creatures dying each turn cycle, and the instant speed means you can hold up interaction and still threaten a board takeover on any end step. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; five mana at sorcery-adjacent timing is far too slow for formats where the game is often over by turn three. Oathbreaker is the one other home where Thrilling Encore earns its slot, particularly in black planeswalker shells that pair a mass-removal signature spell with the card as a follow-up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.61 cheap tier
At $1.61, Thrilling Encore sits squarely in the cheap tier — high-impact, low-cost, and an easy include for any black Commander deck expecting board wipes. The price reflects wide availability rather than low demand; the card shows up in over 55,000 decks on EDHREC and is unlikely to get cheaper.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.