---
name: "Whispering Madness"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Cipher"]
set: "C16"
set_name: "Commander 2016"
collector_number: "229"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Clint Cearley"
oracle_id: "7bbc5f3a-f8fb-47e8-837e-ce319bc489de"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/whispering-madness-c16"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Whispering Madness
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cipher

## Oracle Text
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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mental Vapors](/printing/mental-vapors-gtc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Jace's Archivist](/printing/jaces-archivist-sld.md) — Creature — Vedalken Wizard
3. [Whispers of Emrakul](/printing/whispers-of-emrakul-emn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Syphon Mind](/printing/syphon-mind-ons.md) — Sorcery
5. [Paranoid Delusions](/printing/paranoid-delusions-gtc.md) — Sorcery
6. [Psychotic Episode](/printing/psychotic-episode-tsp.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2016 (C16) #229
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Clint Cearley
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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