Fateful End
Instant
Fateful End deals 3 damage to any target. Scry 1.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #24123
Fateful End deals 3 damage to any target and scrys 1 — instant speed, no conditions, nothing to set up. It's a clean rate for red removal, and the scry keeps it from being a pure trade.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fateful End competes in a slot where three damage often falls short — planeswalkers and utility creatures are the sweet spot, but commanders with high toughness shrug it off entirely. It earns a seat in spell-slinging decks that want cheap instants to trigger prowess, magecraft, or storm count rather than purely for the removal. In Modern and Legacy, the bar is higher — Lightning Bolt does strictly more damage for the same cost, so Fateful End rarely makes the cut outside budget builds. Pioneer is its most credible competitive home, where Bolt is absent and the scry adds real selection value in a format that rewards card quality.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Fateful End is bulk — freely available in any trade binder or bulk bin. Bulk instants with narrow competitive appeal don't appreciate, so pick it up for pennies and don't think twice about sleeving multiples.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.