Fall of the Hammer
Instant
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #10245
Fall of the Hammer turns your biggest creature into a removal spell — the target takes damage equal to that creature's power, at instant speed, for two mana. In Aegar, the Freezing Flame decks it doubles as a card draw engine, since any excess damage dealt to a creature triggers Aegar's draw ability.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Fall of the Hammer is a near-auto-include in Aegar, the Freezing Flame because any time your attacker's power exceeds the blocker's toughness, Aegar draws you a card — making cheap giant-creature removal also cheap card draw.
Feather, the Redeemed
Feather, the Redeemed returns Fall of the Hammer to your hand at end of turn, so a single copy becomes repeatable removal every turn you have a creature with enough power to close out threats.
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, Fall of the Hammer earns its slot in any red or red-green deck that runs large creatures — two mana at instant speed to eliminate a blocker or a threat is efficient, and the damage-based removal scales naturally with the stompy creatures those decks already want. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive consideration, since common-legal threats often have high power and the instant speed matters in a format full of combat tricks. In Modern and Legacy the competition from one-mana removal like Lightning Bolt is too steep for Fall of the Hammer to find a consistent home outside of very specific creature-heavy builds. Pioneer sits in the same camp — playable in theory, crowded out in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Fall of the Hammer is deep bulk — you're paying for a functional removal spell, not a collectible. Bulk commons rarely move in price, so buy it whenever you need it without any concern for timing.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Feather, the Redeemed
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.