Betrothed of Fire
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Sacrifice an untapped creature: Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Sacrifice enchanted creature: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #19970
Betrothed of Fire turns your enchanted creature into a pump engine, funneling the power of every other creature you sacrifice into a single attacker. The cost is real — you're trading your board for one threat — so this card lives or dies on whether you can rebuild after the swing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Betrothed of Fire is a fringe piece in sacrifice-matters builds that want a disposable finisher — think token strategies that can dump a board into one creature for a lethal alpha strike. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more consistent ways to pump a single attacker, so Betrothed of Fire doesn't register there. Pauper is its most plausible competitive home, where creature-sacrifice synergies occasionally find room for one-card surprise closers at common. Across formats, the card demands a specific setup — an enchantment target worth protecting, a pile of creatures to feed it, and a board state where one enormous attacker actually ends the game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Betrothed of Fire is deep bulk — the price of a sleeve, not a slot consideration. It won't hold or gain value, but if the effect fits your deck, the cost to find out is negligible.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.