Burn from Within
Sorcery
Burn from Within deals X damage to any target. If a creature is dealt damage this way, it loses indestructible until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #12186
Burn from Within deals X damage to any target and removes indestructible — the clause that makes it worth slotting over any other X-damage spell. The cost is sorcery speed and a colorless-only X, which limits how efficiently you can deploy it without a large mana pool.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Burn from Within earns its slot specifically because indestructible commanders and permanents are everywhere — it's the answer to Avacyn, Angel of Hope and Blightsteel Colossus that most red decks are missing. In Modern and Pioneer it's a fringe card at best; those formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed X-spell that doesn't go wide or generate tempo. Legacy and Vintage have strictly better options and almost never touch it. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander case in a smaller game, where eliminating one indestructible threat can be decisive.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Burn from Within sits firmly in bulk territory and is easy to pick up without a second thought. That price is stable — it's not a card that spikes, but it fills a specific enough niche that it won't get cheaper either.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.