Consuming Fervor
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has "At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on this creature."
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #21347
Consuming Fervor turns any creature into an immediate three-counter threat — +3/+3 for one red mana is an absurd rate. The catch is brutal: you lose one counter at each upkeep, and when the last one leaves, the creature is gone, so the clock runs both ways.
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 |
Consuming Fervor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander specifically, the self-destruction clause is a dealbreaker — spending a card to turbocharge a creature that dies in three turns is a losing exchange in a 40-life, four-player format where card advantage is everything. In faster 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, the one-mana rate is tempting for aggro, but better options exist that don't eat your own threat. It's a card that looks like a payoff and plays like a liability.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Consuming Fervor is deep bulk — the price reflects demand accurately. Don't expect it to move; there's no competitive home on the horizon that would push it out of the penny bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.