Feedback Bolt
Instant
Feedback Bolt deals damage to target player or planeswalker equal to the number of artifacts you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fifth Dawn
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #18580
Feedback Bolt deals damage equal to an artifact's mana value to any target — in an artifact-heavy Commander game, that number routinely hits 6–10, making it a one-sided lightning bolt that scales with your board. The five-mana cost is real, but the ceiling on damage justifies it in the right shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Feedback Bolt is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only earns a slot in Commander. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage the damage output is inconsistent and five mana is catastrophically slow — existing burn and removal options leave no room for it. Commander is where Feedback Bolt finds its purpose: artifact synergy decks regularly have high-mana-value permanents in play, the slower pace makes five mana reasonable, and hitting a player for 8–12 damage off a single artifact is the kind of effect that closes games.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Feedback Bolt sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk rares with niche applications rarely appreciate unless they spike from a high-profile deck, so treat this as a cheap pickup for the specific shell that wants it, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.