Village Bell-Ringer
Creature — Human Scout
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, untap all creatures you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #3579
Village Bell-Ringer untaps all your creatures the moment it enters — no tap required, no hoops to jump through. The Jolly Balloon Man runs it in over 67% of decks because that untap trigger is the engine, and at three mana with flash it converts into a mid-combat ambush or an instant-speed combo piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man cares about casting spells with even mana costs, and Village Bell-Ringer at three mana doesn't hit that trigger — but the mass untap it generates lets The Jolly Balloon Man swing, untap everything, and threaten another attack step in the same turn cycle.
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo builds around flicker and enter-the-battlefield value, so Village Bell-Ringer becomes a repeatable untap spell every time Kasla blinks it back into play.
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds copies creatures as they enter, and Village Bell-Ringer entering alongside a copy means two untap triggers on the same turn — a significant tempo swing when Ghired's team is already wide.
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden rewards attacking with multiple creatures, and Village Bell-Ringer's flash lets you untap after blockers are declared, effectively giving your whole board a second attack window mid-combat.
Emiel the Blessed
Emiel the Blessed bounces and replays creatures for value, and Village Bell-Ringer is one of the cleanest bounce targets in the deck — each re-entry untaps the team and fuels Emiel's next activation.
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 |
Village Bell-Ringer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees real play. In Pauper it's technically viable but too slow and narrow for a format that demands immediate board impact. In Legacy and Vintage it's simply outclassed — the untap effect isn't powerful enough to compete at those speeds without a dedicated combo shell. Commander is where Village Bell-Ringer earns its slot: ETB-based untap is uniquely exploitable in multiplayer, where a single well-timed trigger can set up a kill through an otherwise stable board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
The Jolly Balloon ManVillage Bell-Ringer
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Kiki-Jiki, Mirror BreakerVillage Bell-Ringer
Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Gilraen, Dúnedain ProtectorVillage Bell-Ringer
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Village Bell-RingerEmiel the Blessed
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Splinter TwinVillage Bell-Ringer
Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite ETB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Village Bell-Ringer is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Given its narrow application (it's nearly always a combo or synergy piece rather than a generically useful card), the price is accurate and unlikely to move unless a new commander pushes the ETB-untap archetype into a much wider audience.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.