The Unspeakable

Legendary Creature — Spirit

Flying, trample

Whenever this deals combat damage to a player, you may return target Arcane card from your graveyard to your hand.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (35)

KingofAtheos on Slumbering Spirits Combo

3 weeks ago

May I suggest using The Unspeakable not only is it a spirit with a 9 mana cost, bit it also nets your Goryo's Vengeance back to your hand to reuse. Extra utility that would allow more reanimation. Nice deck!

---Seth--- on $10 Controlled Burn, Arcane Edition! [UltraBudget]

2 years ago

So I have been wanting to play Magic again, and this deck looks awesome. I have since ordered it and plan to take it out to FNM soon.

I was looking at Arcane cards under $2 and found Overblaze and was curious what you think of it. I'm imagining one copy to play the turn The Unspeakable swings in. It seems hilarious to me, but I wouldn't know what to take out for it.

I'm also curious about the sideboard. I was thinking 1 Aura Barbs and 1 Gaze of Adamaro.

I don't have a lot of experience or card knowledge, so just fishing for thoughts.

CommanderNeyo on $10 Controlled Burn, Arcane Edition! [UltraBudget]

2 years ago

I would consider adding a second copy of The Unspeakable, so that you can still pull one out of your deck in case you accidentally draw one.

Ziusdra on Card creation challenge

2 years ago

I am assuming you mean a modern-playable version of The Unspeakable?

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The Madness {5}{U}{U}{U}{U}

Legendary Creature - Avatar

Flying, Trample, Ward {2U}

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)

For each card exiled from your graveyard to pay The Madness' delve cost, mill two cards.

Whenever you exile a card from your graveyard, library, or hand, mill two cards.

8 / 6

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It's a powerhouse that you can get out pretty early, but if you want to make use of your graveyard for other abilities (other Delve or Flashback spells, say), then you could risk milling yourself out. Or, opponents can mill you out by exiling your graveyard. It's high-risk, high-reward, while still being the same kind of being that The Unspeakable is.

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Make a permanent with the Sunburst ability that's actually playable in a format.

BruhYouFarted on Card creation challenge

2 years ago

Tropical Storm / 4UG

Instant

Tropical Storm deals 2 damage to each creature, than return all creatures to their owners' hands.

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Make a modern version of The Unspeakable.

eliakimras on Ghired - Precon Primal Genesis - Heavy Upgrade

2 years ago

Hey, I'm glad you liked it! I'm from Brazil. I used to help people with their online decks back in 2017, but life got harder the last years (guess it is time to get back to this habit).

When I feel my decks aren't doing enough or are too slow, I try to revise their mana acceleration and draw packages: it usually works, unless it is a reeeally slow engine, like The Unspeakable.

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge

3 years ago

Smrtlrafyr, Deceptive Scholar

Legendary Creature - Elder Spirit Horror

Flying, Trample, Hexproof

As long as you've cast a card named Sift Through Sands this turn, this card's name is considered The Unspeakable as long as it isn't on the battlefield.

Whenever ~ enters the battlefield or attacks, you may return any number of arcane cards from your graveyard to your hand.

8/11

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Create a card for the sisters of Flesh and Spirit.

seshiro_of_the_orochi on

3 years ago

I know The Unspeakable is a terrible card, but it plus Reach Through Mists , Peer Through Depths and Sift Through Sands are just too perfect to not at least consider them. Pretty great with Firemind's Insight. You would have to remove Zirda as a companion, though. Also, if I recall correctly how splice works, Thousand-Year Storm should be pretty insane.