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Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together

Creature — Human Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each creature that died under your control this turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Wilds of Eldraine
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#12908
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Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together card art
Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together gives you a 3/1 body that can be sacrificed to deal damage equal to its power — a clean two-for-one when you need a threat and a finisher on the same card. The cost is real: four mana total across two steps is clunky compared to purpose-built sacrifice payoffs, but the flexibility earns its slot anywhere Antler Skulkin or Juri, Master of the Revue want repeated sacrifice fodder with built-in reach.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Juri, Master of the Revue

Juri, Master of the Revue

33.6% of decks · synergy 0.33

Juri, Master of the Revue grows every time you sacrifice a permanent, and Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together feeds that engine twice — once when the Sell-Sword enters and once when Burn Together cashes it in, stacking counters while also pointing direct damage at a target.

02
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder

Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder

10.4% of decks · synergy 0.10

Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder rewards stacking power on creatures before combat, making the Sell-Sword's 3/1 body a reasonable pump target; Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together then doubles as a sacrifice outlet that converts that inflated power into face damage if the combat step doesn't close things out.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together is a niche role-player — it shows up in Rakdos sacrifice shells that want redundancy at a low dollar cost, not a staple you slam into every red-black list. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it hasn't carved out a real spot; the rate is simply too low when dedicated sacrifice payoffs exist at the same or cheaper mana investment. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the floor is too modest for formats that play at a different power band entirely. Standard is where it sees the most casual experimentation, since the card pool is shallow enough that modal double-faced cards with any built-in redundancy punch above their weight.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Callous Sell-Sword // Burn Together is firmly bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the shell fits. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless a combo or format shift breaks them out, and nothing on the horizon suggests this one is poised for a spike.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.