Tourach's Canticle
Sorcery
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card, then discards a card at random.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22077
Tourach's Canticle makes each opponent discard two cards — at instant speed — which is a meaningful hand-disruption swing for four mana. The kicker clause pushes it further, but even unkicked it's a legitimate threat to opposing hands in multiplayer.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tourach's Canticle scales naturally with four-player pods: hitting three opponents means six cards leaving hands, which is the kind of mass disruption that can strand combo players before they assemble their lines. In Pauper it's a legal common, and targeted discard at instant speed is genuinely strong in that format's slower midrange mirrors. Legacy and Vintage have access to more efficient discard like Hymn to Tourach, so Tourach's Canticle doesn't compete at those power levels. It's cleanest in Commander, specifically in black decks that already want to empty opposing hands rather than just pick a single threat.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Tourach's Canticle isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live quote before buying. Given its narrow competitive home and bulk-rare trajectory, it's almost certainly an inexpensive pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.