Vicious Rumors
Vicious Rumors: Sorcery, Guilds of Ravnica. Vicious Rumors deals 1 damage to each opponent. Each opponent discards a card, then mills a card. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica (GRN)
- Released
- 2018-10-05
- Collector number
- 89
- Artist
- David Palumbo
- Commander rank
- 4,383 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Mill
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About Vicious Rumors
Vicious Rumors is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black sorcery from Guilds of Ravnica (GRN), an expansion set released in October 2018. It is collector number 89 in that set, with art by David Palumbo. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Guilds of Ravnica is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Vicious Rumors deals 1 damage to each opponent. Each opponent discards a card, then mills a card. You gain 1 life.
"The alliances were already frayed. All we do is find the loose threads and pluck." -Lazav
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.41 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Vicious Rumors by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Vicious Rumors, newest first.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, Vicious Rumors causes the opposing team to lose 2 life, each of those players discards a card and puts the top card of their library into their graveyard, and you gain 1 life.
- As Vicious Rumors resolves, it deals 1 damage to each opponent, then the next opponent in turn order (or, if it’s an opponent’s turn, that opponent) chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then each other opponent in turn order does the same. Then the chosen cards are discarded at the same time. Next, each opponent puts the top card of their library into their graveyard at the same time. Finally, you gain 1 life.
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