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Siren of the Silent Song

Creature — Zombie Siren1 generic manaBlue manaBlack mana

Inspired is the keyword that tried to make attacking matter on the defensive end, and this is the card that shows why the mechanic ran into a wall: the payoff only fires when the creature untaps, which on a normal turn means you attack on turn one of having it, then wait an entire turn cycle for the upkeep to bring the discard and mill back online. A 2/1 flier dies to almost anything, so the reward window is narrow and easily denied; an opponent who blocks, removes, or simply races never lets the inspired trigger resolve more than once or twice. What it offers when it does land is a grind engine in two colors that have always wanted exactly this combination: hand disruption and incremental mill stacked on a single trigger, eroding both the cards an opponent holds and the cards they have left to draw. That doubled attrition is the design idea worth noting. Discard hits the present, mill hits the future, and a deck built to keep this thing tapping and untapping turns one evasive body into a slow vise on resources. The trouble is that inspired asks an aggressive action (attack, get tapped) to pay off a controlling plan (strip the opponent dry), and those two clocks rarely run at the same speed. It is a clean expression of a keyword whose ambition outpaced what a fragile two-power flier could safely deliver.

Siren of the Silent Song (bng)
BNG · #155uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.21
Foil: $1.87
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, each opponent discards a card, then each opponent mills a card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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