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Whispers of the Muse

Instant

Buyback {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Draw a card.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
special
Set
Time Spiral Timeshifted
Price
$0.43
EDHREC rank
#14303
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Whispers of the Muse card art
Whispers of the Muse draws one card for one mana — that baseline is unremarkable, but the buyback makes it a mana sink that scales into the late game wherever you have excess blue mana. Stormsplitter and other spell-copy effects turn each activation into multiple triggers, which is where the card graduates from filler to engine piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Whispers of the Muse earns a slot in blue decks that either generate large amounts of mana or care about instant-speed spell count — it converts surplus mana into cards at end of turn when nothing else demands it. Legacy and Vintage have more efficient draw options at every point on the curve, so it doesn't compete there. Pauper is its natural home outside Commander: the buyback loop is genuinely powerful at common rarity where card advantage is scarce, and the instant speed matters in a format full of reactive play.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

67 decks
StormsplitterSorcerer ClassWhispers of the Muse

StormsplitterSorcerer ClassWhispers of the Muse

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite creature tokens with haste; Near-infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and/or sorcery spells; Near-infinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and/or sorcery spells

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Jeskai AscendancySorcerer ClassWhispers of the Muse

Jeskai AscendancySorcerer ClassWhispers of the Muse

Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and/or sorcery spells; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite looting; Near-infinitely large creatures until end of turn; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite red mana that can only be spent to cast instant and/or sorcery spells; Near-infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite untap of creatures you control; Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce

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Price Context

Current price

$0.43 bulk tier

At $0.43, Whispers of the Muse sits firmly in bulk territory, and given that it's been printed multiple times, that price isn't going anywhere. Grab copies without hesitation — the financial floor is already the floor.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.