Whip of Erebos

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Whip of Erebos: Legendary Enchantment Artifact, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. Creatures you control have lifelink. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
159
Artist
Yeong-Hao Han
Commander rank
713 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Whip of Erebos

Whip of Erebos is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary enchantment artifact from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 159 in that set, with art by Yeong-Hao Han. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Theros (2013) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $10.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Creatures you control have lifelink.

{2}{B}{B}, {T}: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $10.23 (as of 2026-11-03).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Whip of Erebos by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Whip of Erebos

Whip of Erebos has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2218Rare2025
Pioneer Masters (PIO) #119Rare2024
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #55733Rare2017
Fate Reforged Clash Pack (CP2) #5Rare2015
Theros (THS) #110Rare2013

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Whip of Erebos, newest first.

  • Whip of Erebos grants haste to the creature that's returned to the battlefield. However, neither of the "exile" abilities is granted to that creature. If that creature loses all its abilities, it will still be exiled at the beginning of the end step, and if it would leave the battlefield, it is still exiled instead.
  • At the beginning of the next end step, the creature returned to the battlefield with Whip of Erebos is exiled. This is a delayed triggered ability. If the ability is countered, the creature will stay on the battlefield and the delayed trigger won't trigger again. However, the replacement effect will still exile the creature when it eventually leaves the battlefield.
  • If a creature returned to the battlefield with Whip of Erebos would leave the battlefield for any reason, it's exiled instead. However, if that creature is already being exiled, then the replacement effect won't apply. If the spell or ability that exiles it later returns it to the battlefield (as Chained to the Rocks might, for example), the creature card will return to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The effects from Whip of Erebos will no longer apply to it.
  • The exiled creature is never put into the graveyard. Any abilities the creature has that trigger when it dies won't trigger.

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Whip of Erebos is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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