Whispering Snitch

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Whispering Snitch: Creature - Vampire Rogue, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/3
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
144
Artist
Jason Rainville
Commander rank
16,995 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Whispering Snitch

Whispering Snitch is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 144 in that set, with art by Jason Rainville. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever you surveil for the first time each turn, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.

"Sure, I hear things. I hear plenty. But how am I to talk with this parched throat?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Whispering Snitch by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Whispering Snitch

Whispering Snitch has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #90Uncommon2018

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Whispering Snitch, newest first.

  • An ability that triggers "whenever you surveil" triggers after you're done surveilling, even if you have fewer cards in your library than the number of cards you're instructed to surveil. It even triggers if you have no cards in your library.
  • If you surveil before Whispering Snitch enters the battlefield, surveilling again during that turn won't cause its ability to trigger.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Whispering Snitch's ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you gain 1 life.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Whispering Snitch is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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