Carnival // Carnage
Instant // Sorcery
Carnival deals 1 damage to target creature or planeswalker and 1 damage to that permanent's controller.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #22666
Carnival // Carnage is two spells on one card: a one-mana pinger that doubles as creature removal at instant speed, and a three-mana Rakdos discard spell that hits any hand. The split-card design means you're never holding a dead half — whichever side fits the board state, you cast it.
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, Carnival // Carnage is a role-player in Rakdos discard and aristocrats shells — Carnival cleans up mana dorks and utility creatures at instant speed, while Carnage applies early hand disruption that still has teeth in a multiplayer game if you pick the right target. In Pioneer and Modern, the card sees fringe play in Rakdos midrange as a flexible one-of that answers aggro on one side and strips combo pieces on the other, though neither format treats it as a staple. Legacy has enough efficient disruption that Carnival // Carnage rarely competes for a slot. Oathbreaker gets real mileage from it in Rakdos planeswalker shells where cheap, flexible interaction is at a premium.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Carnival // Carnage sits firmly in bulk territory — it's the kind of card you pick up in a bundle without thinking twice. That price is stable; split cards with niche but genuine utility tend to stay cheap rather than crater further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.