Whispers of Emrakul
Sorcery
Target opponent discards a card at random.
Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, that player discards two cards at random instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24361
Whispers of Emrakul makes an opponent discard two cards — but only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, which is a real condition, not a freebie. At two mana it's efficient when the condition is live, but it does nothing in the early game when you need disruption most.
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 |
In Commander, Whispers of Emrakul is a role-player in dedicated discard strategies — it asks you to maintain a power-4 creature, which most midrange and stompy black decks accomplish naturally, and two-for-one discard at sorcery speed is real card advantage denial in a multiplayer context. In Legacy and Vintage, targeted discard is already covered by Thoughtseize and Hymn to Tourach at better rates with no conditions attached, so Whispers of Emrakul doesn't make the cut. Modern and Pioneer have similar issues — the power-4 condition is a liability in formats where your creature may not survive to your second main phase. Oathbreaker sits closest to Commander in terms of use case, and the same midrange-discard shells that want it in EDH want it there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Whispers of Emrakul is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a draft chaff pile rather than buy. The price reflects its narrow playability; conditional discard at sorcery speed has a small audience, so there's no pressure to pick it up at anything above bulk rates.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.