Fiery Temper
Instant
Fiery Temper deals 3 damage to any target.
Madness 
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #7690
Fiery Temper is a three-damage removal spell that costs one red mana — if you can discard it. In any deck built around madness or looting, that condition is trivially met, making it one of the most mana-efficient burn spells available; outside those shells, it's just a clunky Shock.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath was practically designed to set up Fiery Temper — her tap ability discards a card to untap herself, which means every activation with Fiery Temper in hand is also a one-mana Lightning Bolt stapled to a free untap.
Ashling, Flame Dancer
Ashling, Flame Dancer rewards casting instants and sorceries with additional spell triggers, and Fiery Temper slips into that engine at madness cost — one red for three damage plus whatever Ashling's magecraft-style ability generates on top.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fiery Temper is a role-player, not a staple — it earns a slot only in dedicated discard or madness builds, where Anje Falkenrath and similar commanders make the madness trigger a near-certainty. In Pauper it carries more weight, since the format's card pool makes efficient burn spells scarce and looting effects are common enough to enable madness consistently. Legacy and Vintage have access to stronger options, but Fiery Temper sees fringe play in Dredge and Reanimator shells that produce incidental discards. In Modern and Pioneer, dedicated madness decks occasionally run it, though the competition from other efficient red spells keeps it from being a default inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Fiery Temper is a bulk common with multiple printings, so copies are widely available and rarely cost more than a quarter. It's an easy pickup — grab a foil if the deck calls for it, since even premium versions stay cheap.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.