Din of the Fireherd
Sorcery
Create a 5/5 black and red Elemental creature token. Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each black creature you control, then sacrifices a land of their choice for each red creature you control.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.65
- EDHREC rank
- #18904
Din of the Fireherd clears an opponent's entire creature board, hands those creatures to you as a 5/5 Elemental army, and deals three damage to each creature and player in the target opponent's colors — all for eight mana. That cost is steep, but Magar of the Magic Strings can carve it out of the graveyard for two mana, which is when the card becomes genuinely broken.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Magar of the Magic Strings
Magar of the Magic Strings can imprint Din of the Fireherd from the graveyard and recur it for two red mana, turning an eight-mana board swing into a repeatable engine that steals creatures and pings entire tables every few turns.
Zevlor, Elturel Exile
Zevlor, Elturel Exile copies the spell's target to each other opponent, so a single cast of Din of the Fireherd can strip multiple boards simultaneously and multiply the Elemental tokens you receive in return.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Din of the Fireherd is a Commander card through and through — the political dimension of targeting one opponent, the board-state swings it enables, and the token generation all play best in a multiplayer context. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but eight mana is never getting paid in a format measured in Force of Wills, so treat those as dead entries. Oathbreaker gives it a narrower stage, but the same reanimation and copy tricks that make it tick in Commander apply there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.65 bulk tier
At $0.65, Din of the Fireherd sits firmly in bulk territory despite the outsized impact it can have on a game. The price is stable — it's not chased outside its Commander niche, so you're unlikely to pay more or less than this any time soon.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Magar of the Magic Strings
- Zevlor, Elturel Exile
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.