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Bloodfire Infusion

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature you control
{R}, Sacrifice enchanted creature: This Aura deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to each creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Apocalypse
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#23731
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Bloodfire Infusion card art
Bloodfire Infusion enchants a creature and lets you sacrifice it to deal damage equal to its power to any target — a removal spell stapled to a body, paid for with that body. The cost is real: you lose the creature, and at sorcery speed there's no blowout potential, so this earns its slot only in decks that want creatures in the graveyard or treat the sacrifice as a feature.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Bloodfire Infusion is a Commander card first and foremost — the format's abundance of large-power creatures turns it into meaningful targeted damage, and sacrifice synergies from commanders like Prossh, Skyraider of Kher or Olivia, Crimson Bride give the enchant-then-sacrifice line actual upside. In Pauper it's legal but competes against cleaner red removal that doesn't demand a creature investment, so it rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the tempo loss is indefensible in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other home where a single high-power creature can close a game, making Bloodfire Infusion a plausible one-shot finisher in the right shell.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Bloodfire Infusion sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying a premium for this effect, and there's no reason to expect that to change given its narrow application. Pick it up freely for any sacrifice build; there's no financial downside to testing it.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.