Energy Bolt
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Energy Bolt deals X damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Target player gains X life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $1.00
- EDHREC rank
- #26024
Energy Bolt deals up to 10 damage or gains up to 10 life split however you choose between the two effects — all for two mana. That flexibility at that cost makes it a legitimate spell in life-total-matters and burn-style Commander builds, even if it rarely appears outside them.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Energy Bolt occupies a narrow but real niche: decks that need to close out a game by burning down a single opponent or spike their own life total past a threshold will find genuine use for it. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no interest — two mana for 10 points of damage or life is far below the power floor those formats demand. Energy Bolt is legal in Oathbreaker, where the compressed life totals and faster clocks make a flexible 10-point swing more meaningful than it looks.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.00 cheap tier
At $1.00, Energy Bolt sits in the cheap tier — low enough that picking it up for a themed deck is a no-brainer if it fits. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike, so there's no urgency beyond whether your deck actually wants it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.