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Melancholic Poet

First printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026)

Melancholic Poet

Creature — Elf Bard

Repartee — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

"We celebrate our sadness because it reminds us of the true value of being alive."

2/2

Illustrated by
Elizabeth Peiró
Watermark
Silverquill

Legality

Rulings (2)

  • A repartee ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.
  • It doesn't matter if the creature or creatures targeted by the spell that caused the repartee ability to trigger leave the battlefield or stop being creatures before that spell resolves. As long as that spell targeted one or more creatures when it was cast, the repartee ability will trigger and later resolve.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Melancholic Poet in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Premier Draft 56.5% +1.1 +0.6 41231
Secrets of Strixhaven (SOS), Sealed 54.8% -1.0 +0.2 3417
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen