Burn Bright
Instant
Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #15808
Burn Bright gives every creature you control +2/+0 until end of turn — at instant speed, for two mana — which means it closes games out of nowhere the moment you're swinging wide. It's a finisher disguised as a combat trick, and in token-heavy Commander decks it earns its slot.
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 |
In Commander, Burn Bright is a one-sided alpha strike finisher for any deck that goes wide — Krenko, Mob Boss; Adeline, Resplendent Cathar; Jetmir, Nexus of Revels; all of them want this effect at instant speed to punish opponents who don't block enough. Outside Commander, it's legal in Pauper where token and go-wide aggro strategies are real, and the two-mana instant speed makes it a legitimate combat trick in that format's budget shells. In Modern and Pioneer it's too fair for how fast those formats close, and Legacy and Vintage won't touch it. Pauper is where Burn Bright quietly overperforms relative to its price.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Burn Bright is deep bulk — you're buying a playset for the cost of a pack of gum. It won't appreciate, but it doesn't need to; you run it because it wins games, not because you're building a collection.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.