Fearsome Temper

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has "{2}{R}: Target creature can't block this creature this turn."

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Born of the Gods
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#25583
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Fearsome Temper card art
Fearsome Temper is a three-mana Aura that grants +2/+2 and menace, then replaces itself with a card when the enchanted creature dies — solid stats and built-in resilience to removal. It's a role-player in aggressive creature decks, not a build-around, and it earns its slot by refusing to be a dead card when your opponent answers the threat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Fearsome Temper sees essentially no play in competitive formats — Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have Auras that do far more for the same mana, and the card-draw trigger requires your creature to die first, which is too conditional to anchor a Bogles-style strategy. Pauper is the most plausible home, where the commons pool is shallow enough that a cantripping Aura with a relevant combat keyword has real standing. In Commander, Fearsome Temper fits narrowly in Voltron builds or token strategies that expect to lose creatures and want to claw back card equity — commanders like Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale that care about equipment and Auras, or sacrifice-adjacent strategies, are the most natural fits.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Fearsome Temper is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and carries no financial risk whatsoever. Bulk commons rarely appreciate, so pick it up only if you have an immediate use for it.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.