Whispering Snitch
Creature — Vampire Rogue
Whenever you surveil for the first time each turn, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #16469
Whispering Snitch turns every surveil trigger into a drain-one, which adds up fast in dedicated graveyard and manipulation shells. The cost is a two-mana 1/2 with no protection — it needs a reason to be there, and Mirko, Obsessive Theorist gives it one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist generates surveil triggers on attack, so Whispering Snitch converts each of those into a life swing before anything else resolves — it's a free clock bolted onto the engine Mirko is already running.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Whispering Snitch is a Commander card through and through — surveil-dense decks in 60-card formats rarely generate enough triggers at the right pace to make a two-mana 1/2 worthwhile, and the drain-one payoff scales with repetition, not burst. In Commander, the multiplayer life totals mean the drip damage matters less than the card selection pressure surveil creates, but Whispering Snitch rewards you for doing what you were already doing. Legacy and Modern are legal but functionally irrelevant — the body is too fragile and the payoff too slow for any competitive shell. Stick to Commander, specifically surveil or graveyard-manipulation lists where the triggers come naturally.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Whispering Snitch is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin or grabbing a playset for under a dollar. Bulk rares with niche Commander applications tend to stay flat unless a new commander breaks them out, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.