Critical Hit
Instant
Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.
When you roll a natural 20, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. (A natural 20 is a roll that displays 20 on the die.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #9141
Critical Hit turns a single unblocked attacker into a table-wide threat by adding damage counters equal to that creature's power to every opponent — one swing can close games that looked out of reach. Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor is the natural home: his die-roll triggers scale directly with the kind of explosive single-hit damage Critical Hit produces.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor runs Critical Hit in over 85% of decks because a single unblocked attack can dump massive damage across all opponents simultaneously, triggering a cascade of Wyll's lucky-roll abilities off the same swing.
Delina, Wild Mage
Delina, Wild Mage wants Critical Hit because token copies of a high-power attacker stack the damage-counter distribution — each copy hitting a different opponent multiplies the board impact far beyond what one creature would normally threaten.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Mr. House, President and CEO decks run Critical Hit to weaponize their wide token boards: a trampling or evasive attacker loaded with counters spreads lethal pressure across opponents while fueling the dice-roll engine Mr. House runs on.
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 |
Critical Hit is a Commander card through and through — its damage-counter effect splits across multiple opponents, which is meaningless in one-on-one formats where it's just a worse Giant Growth variant. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but essentially unplayable; competitive aggro decks have no interest in a three-mana combat trick that does nothing until your creature connects unblocked. Vintage has access to it but won't touch it. Commander is the only format where Critical Hit earns its slot, specifically in go-wide or high-power-attacker builds where closing out three opponents at once is the entire point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Critical Hit is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any bulk bin or pick one up as a throw-in. Demand is narrowly tied to Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor decks, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
- Delina, Wild Mage
- Mr. House, President and CEO
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.