Fevered Strength
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #29177
Fevered Strength gives a creature +2/+1 and draws you a card for two mana at instant speed — the card replacement alone makes it competitive with better-known pump spells. It's a solid role-player in aggressive black decks that want to trade resources efficiently rather than go wide.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fevered Strength earns its slot in black aggro and Voltron lists that need cheap cantripping combat tricks — the instant speed matters when you're pushing damage through and don't want to commit at sorcery speed. Pauper is where Fevered Strength has the most competitive relevance, since the format's card quality ceiling is low enough that a two-mana pump that replaces itself is genuinely above the curve. Legacy and Vintage both have it legal, but neither format has room for this effect when the competition is Brainstorm and Force of Will. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — situationally fine in the right shell, ignored everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Fevered Strength is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a common box, not a singles list. That price is stable by definition; there's no meaningful demand floor to break through, but there's also no reason it moves.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.