---
name: "The Sound of Drums"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Goad", "Enchant", "Double"]
set: "WHO"
set_name: "Doctor Who"
collector_number: "391"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alexandr Leskinen"
oracle_id: "0afcc646-cb34-4c0e-b3f5-4115ad4faa8e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/the-sound-of-drums-who"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# The Sound of Drums
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Goad, Enchant, Double

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is goaded.
If enchanted creature would deal combat damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.
{2}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ghoulish Impetus](/printing/ghoulish-impetus-cmm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Acquired Mutation](/printing/acquired-mutation-pip.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Gratuitous Violence](/printing/gratuitous-violence-cn2.md) — Enchantment
4. [Curse of Bloodletting](/printing/curse-of-bloodletting-dka.md) — Enchantment — Aura Curse
5. [Martial Impetus](/printing/martial-impetus-c20.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Parasitic Impetus](/printing/parasitic-impetus-c21.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Doctor Who (WHO) #391
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alexandr Leskinen
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`