Unable to Scream
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a Toy artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/2 in addition to its other types.
As long as enchanted creature is face down, it can't be turned face up.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #4039
Unable to Scream exiles a creature and puts a 1/1 Frog token onto the battlefield — a clean removal spell that replaces the threat with a body your opponents can exploit, which is the cost you're accepting. It's a solid role-player in The Mindskinner decks where that Frog is a liability for your opponent, not a gift.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Mindskinner
The Mindskinner turns every Frog token into a mill trigger, so Unable to Scream hands you removal that also fuels your engine — the token you're 'giving' your opponent is just another mill vector you're pointing at their library.
Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Tatsunari, Toad Rider cares about having Frogs and enchantments in play, and Unable to Scream drops a Frog into your opponent's side of the board while clearing a threat — the symmetry is loose, but enchantment-heavy Tatsunari lists will take a cheap exile spell that incidentally advances a Frog subtheme.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Unable to Scream is legal across every major format but earns its keep almost exclusively in Commander, where the 1/1 Frog downside is either irrelevant or actively weaponized. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, a three-mana sorcery-speed exile that leaves behind a blocker is simply too slow and too generous — Path to Exile and Prismatic Ending exist. Pauper is the one non-Commander home worth considering, where exile at common is scarce enough that the Frog clause becomes a palatable trade-off in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Unable to Scream is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bulk bin. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow homes rarely climb, so don't expect appreciation; just buy it when you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.