Whisper Squad
Creature — Human Soldier
: Search your library for a card named Whisper Squad, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #30504
Whisper Squad is a one-mana 1/1 that can search up as many copies of itself as you want — the entire playset lands on the battlefield if you have the mana and the patience. The cost is speed: every activation is a sorcery-speed tap for one mana, and what you're assembling is a pile of vanilla 1/1s.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Whisper Squad earns its slot in token-doubler shells and sacrifice engines where raw creature count matters more than individual power — commanders like Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver or Chatterfang, Squirrel General can turn a board of 1/1s into actual pressure. Pauper is where Whisper Squad sees the most competitive daylight, slotting into mono-black aristocrats lists that need a cheap, self-replicating sacrifice outlet. Modern and Legacy have zero interest — the card is simply too slow and too small against those fields. Pioneer is similarly uninterested; there are better token producers at every price point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Whisper Squad is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk commons this parasitic rarely appreciate, so buy what you need and don't speculate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.