Fire at Will
Instant
Fire at Will deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three target attacking or blocking creatures.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28303
Fire at Will wipes out all blocking creatures for a single attack — three mana at instant speed, no cap on the number of creatures it kills. It's a niche combat trick, not a staple, and it only earns a slot if your deck is specifically built around pushing one massive attacker or an alpha strike through a packed board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fire at Will fills a narrow lane: decks that want to end the game in one attack and need blockers gone more than they need a removal spell. It doesn't replace a true board wipe or targeted removal, but if your game plan is landing an unblockable alpha strike, it does real work at instant speed. In Pauper it's technically legal but too situational to see play in a format defined by efficient creatures and combat tricks with broader utility. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the card doesn't interact with anything those formats care about. Fire at Will is a Commander card, and even there it's a build-around choice, not a pickup for the general pool.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Fire at Will is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable because interest is low and copies are plentiful, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.