Explosive Prodigy
Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
Vivid — When this creature enters, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of colors among permanents you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #21427
Explosive Prodigy hits the board as a 3/2 with haste and deals 2 damage to any target the turn it enters — that's immediate pressure and a removal spell stapled to a body. The two-mana cost is right, but the payoff only fully lands in decks that can recur or flicker it repeatedly.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Explosive Prodigy earns a slot in Izzet or Rakdos decks built around enters-the-battlefield triggers — flicker and reanimation loops let you cash in the 2-damage ping every cycle rather than once. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 3/2 haste for two is a fine rate but the damage trigger isn't reliably lethal on its own, so it slots into aggressive red strategies as a curve-filler rather than a headliner. Standard gives it the most breathing room right now simply by virtue of card pool constraints, where a hasty two-drop that pings is above average. Legacy and Vintage have too many faster, more explosive options for Explosive Prodigy to compete beyond niche synergy builds.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Explosive Prodigy is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow synergy applications rarely climb unless a new commander or combo piece pushes the trigger count into broken territory, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.