Swashbuckler's Whip
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Equipped creature has reach, "2, T: Tap target artifact or creature," and "8, T: Discover 10." (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 10 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Equip 1
Rulings
9 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-11-10
You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
- 2023-11-10
If the discovered card has X in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- 2023-11-10
If you discover an adventurer card, split card, or modal double-faced card, you might be able to cast that card with either set of characteristics depending on the effect's discover value. For example, if you discover 4 and reveal Galvanic Giant (an adventurer card from Wilds of Eldraine with a mana value of 4), you could cast Galvanic Giant, but not Storm Reading (its Adventure, which has a mana value of 7). If you discover 7 and reveal Galvanic Giant, you could cast either Galvanic Giant or Storm Reading.
- 2023-11-10
When you discover, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether you cast the exiled card or put it into your hand.
- 2023-11-10
The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If discover allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half (as long as its mana value is less than or equal to the effect's discover value) but not both halves.
- 2023-11-10
If you can't cast the discovered card (perhaps because there are no legal targets for the spell), you'll put it into your hand.
- 2023-11-10
Some spells and abilities that cause you to discover may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and you won't discover.
- 2023-11-10
If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast it.
- 2023-11-10
A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Swashbuckler's Whip, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Brass, Unsinkable | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Grixis 1 deck
Swashbuckler's Whip price history
The The Lost Caverns of Ixalan #263 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.23 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.24 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.24 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.24 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.24 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.24 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.24 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.23 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.23 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.22 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.21 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.21 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.20 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Swashbuckler's Whip
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
- $0.25
- Foil
- $0.23
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Swashbuckler's Whip. 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.
