Whip Vine
Creature — Plant Wall
Defender; reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
: Tap target creature with flying blocked by this creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this creature remains tapped.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #26564
Whip Vine blocks a flier indefinitely and can tap it down every turn — relevant disruption stapled to a body — but the cumulative upkeep means it's a clock on your own resources, not a permanent answer. It's a niche tool that earns its slot only in decks built to exploit the tap ability.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Whip Vine is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander, it occupies a narrow role in green decks that care about tapping creatures — Golgari or Simic tap-abuse builds can loop the ability, but most tables have enough interaction that a cumulative-upkeep enchantment on a 1/3 body won't survive long enough to matter. Pauper is the format where Whip Vine is most at home: fliers dominate certain matchups and a repeatable tap effect at common rarity is harder to come by. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Whip Vine is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than buy individually. Its price is stable purely because demand is low and supply is plentiful, not because it holds any competitive floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.