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Fiery Emancipation

Enchantment

If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage to that permanent or player instead.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Core Set 2021
Price
$16.78
EDHREC rank
#848
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Fiery Emancipation card art
Fiery Emancipation triples every point of damage your permanents and spells deal — on a six-mana enchantment that opponents can't just attack — and in the right deck that converts a lethal threat into a one-shot kill before anyone untaps. Commanders like Imodane, the Pyrohammer or Malignus that already deal damage in large chunks become table-clearing weapons the moment this hits play.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Imodane, the Pyrohammer

Imodane, the Pyrohammer

63.8% of decks · synergy 0.48

Imodane, the Pyrohammer copies damage dealt to creatures as a spell onto each opponent, so Fiery Emancipation triples the source damage and then Imodane's copy triggers off the inflated number — the math escalates to absurdity fast.

02

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant

56.0% of decks · synergy 0.40

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant deals fire damage based on power, and Fiery Emancipation makes every one of those triggers hit three times as hard, compressing the clock from several swings to one.

03
Wildsear, Scouring Maw

Wildsear, Scouring Maw

47.3% of decks · synergy 0.39

Wildsear, Scouring Maw punishes opponents for playing spells, and Fiery Emancipation turns each incremental damage ping into something that threatens lethal in a single round of interaction.

04
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

54.2% of decks · synergy 0.38

Solphim, Mayhem Dominus already doubles noncombat damage, so stacking Fiery Emancipation alongside it means a six-damage spell becomes eighteen — the two enchantments together are effectively a one-card combo with any burn spell.

05
Roxanne, Starfall Savant

Roxanne, Starfall Savant

43.0% of decks · synergy 0.35

Roxanne, Starfall Savant creates Meteor tokens that deal damage when they enter, and Fiery Emancipation triples every meteor impact, turning a mana-rock generator into a board-wipe and face-damage engine simultaneously.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Fiery Emancipation belongs — three opponents mean three targets for tripled damage, and the format's slower pace gives you room to reach six mana and untap with it. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, six mana is a near-disqualifying cost; you'd need a very specific combo shell to justify it over faster finishers, and no competitive deck has made that case. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but the card is simply irrelevant at those speeds. Fiery Emancipation is a Commander card through and through, and its design makes no apology for that.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Torbran, Thane of Red Fell adds two to each red damage source for three mana less and fits in the command zone itself, covering most of what Fiery Emancipation does in mono-red burn shells at a fraction of the cost. If you need a non-legendary enchantment, Dictate of the Twin Gods doubles all damage for five mana — you lose the extra multiplier but gain flash and a price tag under $2.

Price Context

Current price

$16.78 mid tier

At $16.78, Fiery Emancipation sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel in a budget build, cheap enough that it's a realistic inclusion in any serious damage-doubling deck. It's a mythic enchantment with consistent demand across multiple commander archetypes, so this price is unlikely to crater without a reprint.

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