First printed in Oath of the Gatewatch (2016)

All 5 prints

Special Guests (SPG) #119, 2025
Pioneer Anthology 1 (PA1) #9, 2025 (digital)
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #162, 2024
Commander Masters (CMM) #812, 2023
Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #12, 2016

Warping Wail

Instant

( represents colorless mana.)
Choose one —
• Exile target creature with power or toughness 1 or less.
• Counter target sorcery spell.
• Create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add ."

In the last 30 days 8.3% of Modern decks played it (186 of 2236). Most played in Golgari Broodscale. In the last 30 days 5.2% of Legacy decks played it (56 of 1071). Most played in Eldrazi.

Staple

Modern staples: sideboard, 9% of decks (#29)
Colorless, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Counterspells, Ramp
Legacy staples: sideboard, 4% of decks (#58)
Colorless, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Counterspells, Ramp

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 186 of 2236 decks (8.3%).

Share of decks

8.3%

▼ 2.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

188

18 main, 172 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.6

in the main deck

Win rate

62%

44 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Golgari Broodscale	12.5%	59%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.5%	4%
Eldrazi Tron	2.5%	27%
Mono-Green (unclassified)	0.8%	11%
Colorless (unclassified)	0.1%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Dismember	100%	5.9
Ugin's Labyrinth	100%	5.4
Eldrazi Temple	100%	5.2
Kozilek's Command	100%	5.1
Mind Stone	89%	42.9
Urza's Tower	89%	19.4
Urza's Mine	89%	19.4
Urza's Power Plant	89%	19.4
Expedition Map	89%	18.8
Karn, the Great Creator	89%	17.5

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Golgari Broodscale 416FrowningTable in Modern Challenge 64	9-1 90%
Golgari Broodscale justFeather in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Golgari Broodscale Kollslaw in Modern Challenge 32	8-1 89%
Golgari Broodscale Venom01 in Modern Challenge 16	7-1 88%
Golgari Broodscale Fransadness in Modern Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Golgari Broodscale Fransadness in Modern Challenge 32	6-1 86%
Golgari Broodscale Venom01 in Modern Challenge 16	6-1 86%
Golgari Broodscale caquaa in Modern RC Super Qualifier	10-2 83%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Golgari Broodscale toutoune10, 28 Oct	1 main 2 side	#2 7-2
Golgari Broodscale justFeather, 28 Oct	2 side	#7 4-3
Golgari Broodscale Jumba, 28 Oct	1 side	#26 3-3
Golgari Broodscale Malox11, 28 Oct	2 side	#28 2-3
Golgari Broodscale renatoaraujo, 28 Oct	2 side	#29 2-3
Eldrazi Tron Kakoijelev, 28 Oct	1 main	5-0
Eldrazi Tron LFC, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0
Eldrazi Tron LFC, 28 Oct	2 main	5-0

Legacy Other periods →

In 56 of 1071 decks (5.2%).

Share of decks

5.2%

▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

1 main, 56 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

10 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Eldrazi	5.5%	85%
Mystic Forge	3.6%	10%
Mono-White (unclassified)	0.4%	25%
Colorless (unclassified)	0.1%	100%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Eldrazi Garrett widman in BCDL 30 - Ohio	6-0 100%
Eldrazi Sujiro_Kimimame in Legacy Challenge 32	7-1 88%
Eldrazi Lantz Greer in BCDL 29 - Texas	5-1 83%
Eldrazi daglit92 in Legacy Showcase Challenge	7-2 78%
Eldrazi Zolgia108 in Legacy Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Eldrazi Nanovo in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi _bwonsamdi_ in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Eldrazi Danielpena397 in Legacy Challenge 32	5-2 71%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Eldrazi Zolgia108, 28 Oct	2 side	5-0
Eldrazi Nanovo, 27 Oct	1 side	#7 5-2
Eldrazi Zolgia108, 27 Oct	2 side	#13 4-2
Eldrazi NathanDrake, 27 Oct	1 side	#22 3-3
Eldrazi daglit92, 27 Oct	2 side	5-0
Eldrazi DottoRRe, 26 Oct	2 side	5-0
Eldrazi Pharina, 25 Oct	2 side	#8 4-3
Eldrazi Danielpena397, 25 Oct	3 side	#17 3-3

Commander Other periods →

In 27 of 6150 decks (0.4%).

Share of decks

0.4%

▲ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

27 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

30%

9 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Magda, Brazen Outlaw	2.1%	2%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand	1.3%	12%
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard	0.4%	5%
Zhulodok, Void Gorger	0.2%	10%
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity	0.1%	40%
The Fantasticar	0.1%	100%
Karn, Argent Defender	0.0%	100%
Breena, the Demagogue	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Ancient Tomb	85%	1.0
Gemstone Caverns	85%	0.9
Lotus Petal	85%	0.9
The Mycosynth Gardens	78%	22.5
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain	78%	5.7
Urza's Saga	78%	3.2
Mox Diamond	78%	0.9
Mox Opal	74%	1.3
Mana Vault	74%	0.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
The Fantasticar Tom Schweizer [SNAP] in 1.cEDH069 Major @Die Fabrik	3-2 60%
Breena, the Demagogue Saw Xue Jun in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	3-2 60%
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Caleb Cox in Bards and Cards Anniversary C-EDH Tourny	3-3 50%
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Chris Vohs in WCG Grand CEDH Cup! Oct 11th ($50/Full Proxy)	2-3 40%
Sedris, the Traitor King Oscar Redes in Steel City Green Chile Slopper Tournament Series I	0-5 0%
Karn, Argent Defender Charles radtke in The Family Jewelz: Cash on the Stack	0-5 0%
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion Charles radtke in The Family Jewelz: Underground Sea - Monthly CEDH	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Tide Turner, 25 Oct	1 main	#12 1-3
Magda, Brazen Outlaw Josiah Funk, 25 Oct	1 main	#18 0-3
Zhulodok, Void Gorger Rafael Quinta Pozo, 25 Oct	1 main	#10 1-2
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Peter Van Wyk, 24 Oct	1 main	#51 0-2
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Brandon Turner, 24 Oct	1 main	#14 0-2
Karn, Argent Defender Charles radtke, 24 Oct	1 main	#39 0-4
The Fantasticar Tom Schweizer [SNAP], 24 Oct	1 main	#6 1-1
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Petr Kučera, 24 Oct	1 main	#43 0-4

No recent decks in: Pioneer, Vintage, Duel Commander.