Burning Wish
Sorcery
You may reveal a sorcery card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand. Exile Burning Wish.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Judge Gift Cards 2009
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25806
Burning Wish fetches any sorcery from outside the game — in practice, a silver-bullet toolbox stapled to a two-mana red spell. The cost is the deckbuilding constraint: you only get value if you've built a sideboard worth raiding, which makes it a build-around, not a plug-in.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Burning Wish is at its best in high-powered lists that run a dedicated wish-board of silver bullets — a tutor for your finisher, an answer to a specific threat, or a second copy of a key ritual. Legacy is where Burning Wish has historically earned its reputation, slotting into storm and combo shells that lean on the wish-board to find Tendrils of Agony or Empty the Warrens on demand. Vintage is legal but the competition at two mana is stiff enough that Burning Wish rarely makes the cut outside dedicated combo. Oathbreaker benefits from the same combo-tutor logic as Commander, and the smaller deck size makes the wish-board math more reliable. Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper are all off the table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available at time of writing, so check current listings before buying. Burning Wish has historically sat in the low-to-mid single digits — worth picking up if you're building a wish-board shell, but not a card you need to rush on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.