Tormenting Voice
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #1748
Tormenting Voice draws two cards for two mana and a discard — the catch is that the discard happens first, making it a wheel effect you control rather than pure card advantage. In graveyard-centric builds like Feldon of the Third Path, that "cost" is the point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Feldon of the Third Path
Feldon of the Third Path wants fatties in the graveyard, and Tormenting Voice puts them there while replacing itself — it's card selection and setup in one spell for decks that would happily pay two mana to bin a Wurmcoil Engine.
The Beamtown Bullies
The Beamtown Bullies needs big, splashy creatures in the graveyard to hand to opponents, and Tormenting Voice is one of the cheapest ways to load up that bin while keeping parity on cards.
Urabrask
Urabrask cares about playing cards on opponents' turns and pressuring hands, and Tormenting Voice slots in as a cantrip-style discard outlet that keeps the engine fueled without demanding a serious mana investment.
Magar of the Magic Strings
Magar of the Magic Strings copies instants and sorceries from the graveyard, so Tormenting Voice does double duty — it stocks the graveyard with the spells Magar wants to recur while drawing into more fuel.
Wort, the Raidmother
Wort, the Raidmother can conspire Tormenting Voice, turning a two-mana spell into four cards drawn for two discards — that's a clean rate that justifies the slot in any Gruul storm or token shell she runs.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tormenting Voice is a bulk rare in every format that will see it, and it shows — Pauper is the one place it earns consistent play, where the card pool is shallow enough that two-mana looting on a sorcery is a real draw spell. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by Faithless Looting and Chart a Course, which give you more for the same or less mana. Commander is where Tormenting Voice finds its natural home: graveyard commanders and discard synergy decks treat the discard as a resource rather than a cost, and the low price of entry keeps it accessible in budget builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Tormenting Voice is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box and never think about it again. The price won't move; this is a card you run because it fits the deck, not because it holds any financial interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Feldon of the Third Path
- The Beamtown Bullies
- Urabrask
- Magar of the Magic Strings
- Wort, the Raidmother
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.