---
name: "Sheoldred, Whispering One"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Landwalk", "Swampwalk"]
set: "JMP"
set_name: "Jumpstart"
collector_number: "278"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss"
oracle_id: "9218b56d-aaec-482f-99e9-d95d227bfe25"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sheoldred-whispering-one-jmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sheoldred, Whispering One
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
- **Keywords:** Landwalk, Swampwalk

## Oracle Text
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sewerdreg](/printing/sewerdreg-rav.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Slithery Stalker](/printing/slithery-stalker-tor.md) — Creature — Nightmare Horror
3. [Odylic Wraith](/printing/odylic-wraith-wth.md) — Creature — Wraith
4. [Whispering Shade](/printing/whispering-shade-ody.md) — Creature — Shade
5. [Sol'kanar the Swamp King](/printing/solkanar-the-swamp-king-dmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon
6. [Lost Soul](/printing/lost-soul-6ed.md) — Creature — Spirit Minion

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart (JMP) #278
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2017-11-17)* The opponent whose upkeep it is chooses a creature to sacrifice when Sheoldred's second triggered ability resolves.
- *(2017-11-17)* Swampwalk is a keyword ability that means “This creature can't be blocked if defending player controls a Swamp.” Most nonbasic lands don't have basic land types, even if they produce colored mana. For example, Graven Cairns is neither a Swamp nor a Mountain, while Blood Crypt is both.
- *(2017-11-17)* If another triggered ability during your upkeep causes you to sacrifice a creature, such as that of Lord of the Pit, you won't be able to target it with Sheoldred's triggered ability as that ability is put on the stack.
- *(2017-11-17)* In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability will trigger twice at the beginning of the opposing team's upkeep, once for each player on that team. Each player sacrifices only a creature they control.