Bathe in Dragonfire
Sorcery
Bathe in Dragonfire deals 4 damage to target creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #19078
Bathe in Dragonfire deals 4 damage to any non-Dragon creature for two mana at sorcery speed — clean, unconditional, and cheap. The sorcery restriction is the real cost; otherwise this is a solid red removal spell that earns its slot in budget builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bathe in Dragonfire is fine in Commander as budget single-target removal, though sorcery speed limits its utility against combo players who win at instant speed. In Pauper, where the card pool is constrained, 4 damage for two mana at common is genuinely competitive and sees occasional play in red aggro and midrange shells. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage all have strictly better options at the same or lower cost, so Bathe in Dragonfire doesn't register there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read — playable filler if you need the slot filled cheaply.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Bathe in Dragonfire is deep bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because you need a red removal spell and have nothing better on hand. It will stay at this price floor indefinitely; there's no demand driver that changes that.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.