Fire Ambush
Sorcery
Fire Ambush deals 3 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition III
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28810
Fire Ambush deals damage directly to a creature or player at instant speed — cheap, clean, and repeatable in the right shell. It's a functional burn spell, nothing more, and whether it earns a slot depends entirely on how much your deck wants redundant direct damage on the stack.
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 |
Fire Ambush is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its ceiling is clearly Pauper, where common-only burn spells compete on raw efficiency and every point of damage matters. In Commander, a single-target damage spell at this rate rarely clears the bar — the format's life totals and board states demand more from a slot than Fire Ambush typically delivers. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient burn, so it doesn't see play there. Pauper is the only format where Fire Ambush is worth evaluating seriously, and even there it sits behind the format's established burn staples.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Fire Ambush isn't currently available, but as a common with narrow competitive application, it almost certainly sits at bulk pricing — expect pennies in most conditions. It's not a card you need to hunt down; pick it up whenever it crosses your path rather than seeking it out.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.