Swallow Whole
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped creature you control.
Exile target tapped creature. Put a +1/+1 counter on the creature tapped to pay this spell's additional cost.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2020-04-17
You must tap exactly one creature to cast Swallow Whole; you can’t cast it without tapping a creature, and you can’t tap additional creatures.
- 2020-04-17
If an effect copies Swallow Whole, the copy will put a +1/+1 counter on the creature tapped to pay the additional cost of the original spell.
- 2020-04-17
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Swallow Whole tries to resolve, the spell won’t resolve. You won’t put a +1/+1 counter on any creature.
- 2020-04-17
You can tap any untapped creature you control, including a creature you haven’t controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn, to pay the additional cost.
- 2020-04-17
The target tapped creature will be exiled even if the creature you tapped leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped before Swallow Whole resolves.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Swallow Whole, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massimo, the Magician | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Jeskai 1 deck
Swallow Whole price history
The Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths #35 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.19 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.19 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.19 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.19 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.19 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.19 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.19 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.19 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.19 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.19 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.19 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.19 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.19 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.19 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.18 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Swallow Whole
1 printing, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
- Normal
- $0.23
- Foil
- $0.19
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Swallow Whole. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
