Fervent Paincaster
Creature — Human Wizard
: This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker., Exert this creature: It deals 1 damage to target creature. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #24558
Fervent Paincaster pings any target for 1 damage whenever you attack with it, and tapping it also deals 1 to any target — two separate damage vectors on one body for three mana. It's a low-ceiling role-player that earns its slot only in decks that care about repeated pings or untap abuse, and nowhere else.
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 |
Fervent Paincaster is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have no interest in a 2/2 that deals 1 damage at a time — the bar is simply too high. Commander is the only home where Fervent Paincaster can actually do work, specifically in Boros or Mardu ping strategies built around untap effects or damage-matters triggers. Outside of a dedicated synergy shell, even there it's a fringe inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Fervent Paincaster sits in deep bulk territory — you're picking it out of a commons box, not a trade binder. That price is stable because demand is narrow, and there's no trajectory that changes it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.