---
name: "Spellbinding Soprano"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Bard"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Encore"]
set: "NCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ernanda Souza"
oracle_id: "dffd5f0f-3a7b-47ed-864e-06c752bdcefc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spellbinding-soprano-ncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Spellbinding Soprano
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Bard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Encore

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, instant and sorcery spells you cast this turn cost {1} less to cast.
Encore {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Molten-Core Maestro](/printing/molten-core-maestro-psos.md) — Creature — Goblin Bard
2. [Hardened Berserker](/printing/hardened-berserker-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Berserker
3. [Impulsivity](/printing/impulsivity-ecc.md) — Creature — Elemental Incarnation
4. [Songcrafter Mage](/printing/songcrafter-mage-ptdm.md) — Creature — Human Bard
5. [Moku, Meandering Drummer](/printing/moku-meandering-drummer-tle.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Bard Ally
6. [Zaffai and the Tempests](/printing/zaffai-and-the-tempests-psos.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Bard Sorcerer

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander (NCC) #153
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ernanda Souza
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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