Whipcorder
Creature — Human Soldier Rebel
, 
: Tap target creature.
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Friday Night Magic 2003
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23218
Whipcorder taps a creature at instant speed for a single white mana, and its Morph lets it enter the battlefield face-down to ambush attackers or reset itself for another activation. The catch is the untap cost — W every turn — but in white creature-heavy builds, that upkeep is trivial next to the repeatable lock it provides. Yedora, Grave Gardener turns every face-down Whipcorder that dies into a free Forest, making the Morph clause pull double duty as ramp fodder.
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 |
Whipcorder is a Commander card through and through — the repeatable tap ability scales with the longer game length, and creature-heavy white strategies have the mana to keep it active turn after turn. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no play; the format speed makes a one-mana tap effect that requires additional upkeep investment uncompetitive. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card format where Whipcorder could show up in a white aggro-control shell, though its impact there is modest. Stick to 100-card pods.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Yedora, Grave GardenerPhyrexian AltarWhipcorder
Infinite death triggers; Infinite green mana; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.