Vile Requiem
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a verse counter on this enchantment.
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy up to X target nonblack creatures, where X is the number of verse counters on this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #21086
Vile Requiem is a slow-build enchantment that can wipe an entire board of nonblack creatures for free once it has accumulated enough -1/-1 counters — but getting there takes multiple turns of paying mana and passing priority, which means opponents see it coming and play around it. The setup cost makes it a fringe inclusion even in dedicated -1/-1 counter builds.
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 |
Vile Requiem sees essentially no competitive play despite being legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — the formats where it's legal are formats where faster, more reliable removal exists at every price point. In Commander it has the most plausible home, specifically in -1/-1 counter commanders like Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, where the counter-placement synergizes with other payoffs and the multiplayer board state gives the mass destruction mode real upside. Outside that niche, the three-mana enchantment that takes additional mana investments and multiple turns to become a one-sided Wrath is simply too slow. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it whatsoever.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Vile Requiem is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It holds that price floor comfortably given it sees almost no demand, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.