Dragon's Fire
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand or choose a Dragon you control.
Dragon's Fire deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If you revealed a Dragon card or chose a Dragon as you cast this spell, Dragon's Fire deals damage equal to the power of that card or creature instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #6883
Dragon's Fire deals damage equal to the highest power among Dragons you control — in a deck with even one large Dragon on board, that's a one-mana instant that kills almost anything. Lathliss, Dragon Queen pushes the ceiling high enough that this routinely clocks in as a 5/6/7-damage removal spell for R.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Lathliss, Dragon Queen floods the board with 5/5 Dragon tokens, meaning Dragon's Fire almost always fires for five or more — cheap, instant-speed removal that scales with the exact thing Lathliss is already doing.
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut builds a Dragon tribal board fast, and Dragon's Fire benefits immediately — every new Dragon entering off Acolyte's discount raises the damage ceiling on the next Fire you cast.
Rivaz of the Claw
Rivaz of the Claw keeps Dragons coming back from the graveyard, so the board presence needed to make Dragon's Fire hit hard is easier to maintain across multiple turns.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dragon's Fire is a role-player that earns its slot only in Dragon tribal builds — outside that context, Lightning Bolt and Swords to Plowshares exist. In those tribal shells, though, it frequently outperforms both on raw damage, and instant speed matters. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees fringe play in Dragon-based aggressive or midrange strategies where Goldspan Dragon and Shivan Devastator inflate the damage well past four. Pauper is the most interesting case: Dragon's Fire is legal but Dragons are scarce at common, so it functions closer to a bad Shock and rarely sees play. Legacy and Vintage have better tools at every point on the curve, so Dragon's Fire doesn't register there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Dragon's Fire is bulk — easy to acquire and essentially free to include in any Dragon tribal Commander build. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless a card breaks into competitive constructed, and this one's ceiling is gated to tribal synergy.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen
- Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
- Rivaz of the Claw
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.