Bolt of Keranos
Sorcery
Bolt of Keranos deals 3 damage to any target. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #21954
Bolt of Keranos deals 3 damage to any target and draws a card — a two-for-one on a sorcery for three mana. That rate is fine in Pauper, but anywhere else it's outclassed by instants that cost less and do more.
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 |
Bolt of Keranos earns its keep in Pauper, where three-mana sorcery-speed draw-plus-damage is a legitimate rate and the card-filtering matters. In Commander, it's too slow and too low-impact — one damage source that replaces itself isn't enough for a 100-card singleton format where you need efficiency at every slot. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage have Lightning Bolt, Lava Spike, and cantrip spells that do more for less, so Bolt of Keranos never sees play there. Oathbreaker and Pioneer are legal but the same logic applies: sorcery speed at three mana is a hard sell when better options exist at common.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Bolt of Keranos is deep bulk — a card you pull from a commons box, not one you order. It holds no financial value, but for Pauper brewers it's a zero-cost inclusion worth keeping a copy of.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.