Artillerize
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Artillerize deals 5 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #22587
Artillerize sacrifices any artifact or creature to deal 5 damage to any target — that's a meaningful chunk of reach or removal stapled to a sacrifice outlet. The three-mana sorcery speed is the ceiling on its ambition; it's a role-player in dedicated sacrifice decks, not a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Artillerize earns its slot in sacrifice-matters decks — Prossh, Skyraider of Kher or Krenko, Mob Boss lists that generate disposable tokens appreciate the reach it provides to close out a life total or kill a planeswalker. Pauper is where Artillerize gets the most competitive consideration, appearing in artifact sacrifice and Goblin-based strategies where five damage for three mana at common rarity is legitimately efficient. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's outclassed by faster or cheaper options at every angle — Fling costs one less, and dedicated combo shells don't need sorcery-speed damage outlets. Skip it in those formats entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Artillerize is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. That price is stable by definition; bulk commons don't move unless a competitive deck adopts them, and nothing on the horizon suggests that's coming for Artillerize.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.