Brimstone Volley
Instant
Brimstone Volley deals 3 damage to any target.
Morbid — Brimstone Volley deals 5 damage instead if a creature died this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #18890
Brimstone Volley deals 5 damage for three mana when morbid is online — that range hits commanders, planeswalkers, and most creatures that matter. Without a creature dying first, it's a vanilla three-mana Shock variant, which is unplayable in any serious context.
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, Brimstone Volley earns its slot in sacrifice-heavy decks where morbid triggers on demand — Aristocrats shells almost always have a creature dying on your turn, making the 5-damage mode reliable rather than conditional. In Pauper, the format's low life totals and aggressive red decks can trigger morbid through combat math, but three mana is a steep ask when Lightning Bolt exists at common. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the bar for three-mana instants is absurdly high in those formats. Brimstone Volley is a Commander and Pauper card, full stop, and even in those formats it competes hard against cheaper burn.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Brimstone Volley is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common box or draft chaff pile without thinking twice. The price reflects real demand: narrow enough that most decks skip it, but cheap enough that it's a zero-friction include when your build genuinely wants it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.