Burrenton Forge-Tender
Creature — Kithkin Wizard
Protection from red
Sacrifice this creature: Prevent all damage a red source of your choice would deal this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #22992
Burrenton Forge-Tender is a one-mana white creature that eats a sweeper — sacrifice it to prevent all damage from a red source to you and your permanents, which means your entire board survives a Blasphemous Act or Star of Extinction. The cost is a single white pip and the creature itself, which is nothing against a table wipe that would otherwise reset the game.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Burrenton Forge-Tender earns its slot in any white-creature deck that fears red sweepers, and red sweepers are everywhere — Blasphemous Act alone appears in roughly a third of all Commander decks. Legacy and Vintage have used it as a sideboard piece in white creature strategies, protecting go-wide boards from Pyroclasm and Volcanic Fallout effects when those formats demanded it. Modern sees it less now that the removal landscape has shifted, but it still has sideboard merit against red-heavy aggro or storm-adjacent burn. Pioneer and Standard are off the table, so its competitive ceiling is Legacy and below.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Burrenton Forge-Tender is firmly bulk, and it's likely to stay there — it's a narrow protection piece with consistent but not explosive demand. Pick up as many as you need without thinking twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.