End the Festivities
Sorcery
End the Festivities deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature and planeswalker they control.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.98
- EDHREC rank
- #2105
End the Festivities deals 1 damage to each opponent and each creature they control for a single red mana — at instant speed, that's a one-sided wrath against token swarms, a burn spell stapled to a board clear. Commanders like Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph and Najal, the Storm Runner turn that flat 1 into something much uglier, but even at face value the card pulls more weight than its cost suggests.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph's static ability converts every source that deals exactly 1 damage into 3 damage, so End the Festivities hitting each opponent and each creature they control becomes a board-wide 3-damage pulse for one mana — a catastrophic rate that explains the 87% inclusion rate.
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot triggers whenever a source deals exactly 1 damage to a creature, adding another point on top — End the Festivities thus pings every creature for 2, and with enough creatures on board that cascades into a meaningful damage event for a single mana.
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur can redirect spell damage to any target, and End the Festivities provides a cheap, wide damage event she can reshape to finish off specific threats or close out a weakened opponent.
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might replaces any noncreature red source dealing less than 4 damage with 4 damage instead, turning End the Festivities' 1-damage ping on each opponent into a 4-damage hit per opponent for one mana — among the most mana-efficient finishers the deck can run.
Tor Wauki the Younger
Tor Wauki the Younger triggers an additional 2 damage to any target whenever you cast an instant or sorcery, so End the Festivities nets a free Shock on top of its board-wide ping — clean two-for-one value on a one-mana spell.
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, End the Festivities fills a role almost nothing else occupies: a one-mana instant that doubles as a token sweeper and a damage-amplifier payload in any deck that cares about 1-damage sources. Outside Commander, it sees fringe Pauper play in red aggro shells looking for reach that also manages x/1 blockers, and it's legal in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage — though in those formats it rarely makes the cut over more targeted burn. The card is narrow enough that it belongs in very specific decks, but in those decks it's close to mandatory.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Najal, the Storm RunnerWorldfireEnd the Festivities
Each opponent loses the game; Exile all cards in hands and graveyards; Exile all permanents; Near-infinite lifeloss; Mass Land Denial
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WorldfireHypersonic DragonEnd the Festivities
Each opponent loses the game; Exile all cards in hands and graveyards; Exile all permanents; Near-infinite lifeloss; Mass Land Denial
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Current price
$0.98 bulk tier
At $0.98, End the Festivities sits at the top of bulk pricing — essentially free to acquire, which matches its role as a niche staple rather than a format-wide staple. The price is stable; demand is concentrated in a handful of Commander archetypes, so it won't spike without a new commander that cares about 1-damage pings.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.