Whispering Madness
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This printing
SetC16
Collector #229
Released2016-11-11
Rarityrare
ArtistClint Cearley
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Whispering Madness

RareColour IDMV 4
Sorcery
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Keywords
Cipher
Card capabilities
Card drawSorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2013-02-01Newest 2013-02-01Cheapest priced $2.49 in GTC
Rulings (13)
wotc15 Apr 2013
If another player gains control of the creature, that player will control the triggered ability. That player will create a copy of the encoded card and may cast it.
wotc15 Apr 2013
If you choose not to cast the copy, or you can’t cast it (perhaps because there are no legal targets available), the copy will cease to exist the next time state-based actions are performed. You won’t get a chance to cast the copy at a later time.
wotc15 Apr 2013
If the spell with cipher doesn’t resolve, none of its effects will happen, including cipher. The card will go to its owner’s graveyard and won’t be encoded on a creature.
wotc15 Apr 2013
The exiled card with cipher grants a triggered ability to the creature it’s encoded on. If that creature loses that ability and subsequently deals combat damage to a player, the triggered ability won’t trigger. However, the exiled card will continue to be encoded on that creature.
wotc15 Apr 2013
If you want to encode the card with cipher onto a noncreature permanent such as a Keyrune that can turn into a creature, that permanent has to be a creature before the spell with cipher starts resolving. You can choose only a creature to encode the card onto.
wotc15 Apr 2013
You cast the copy of the card with cipher during the resolution of the triggered ability. Ignore timing restrictions based on the card’s type.