Devouring Rage
Instant — Arcane
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of Spirits.
Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. For each Spirit sacrificed this way, that creature gets an additional +3/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25349
Devouring Rage turns a graveyard full of Spirits into a one-shot kill — exile three or more Spirits to pump a creature by that much power until end of turn, and it connects for lethal without needing any other setup. The mana cost is reasonable for what it threatens, but the card is dead in hand if the graveyard is empty, so it lives or dies on self-mill or sacrifice support.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Devouring Rage actually belongs — Spirit tribal decks with a graveyard subtheme can routinely exile five or six Spirits for a game-ending swing. In Pauper it's legal and theoretically reachable, but the format's threat density and instant-speed interaction make resolving a combat trick for this cost unreliable without dedicated Spirit synergies. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but offer nothing — no competitive deck wants a conditional pump spell when the format's finishers don't ask for this kind of setup. Devouring Rage is a Commander card with a Pauper footnote; everywhere else it's scenery.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available for Devouring Rage right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market. Given that it's a narrow tribal combat trick with no competitive crossover, expect a bulk or near-bulk price point regardless of printing.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.