Fire // Ice
Instant // Instant
Fire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2002
- Price
- $0.99
- EDHREC rank
- #12398
Fire // Ice earns its slot by doing two different useful things on one card — two damage spread however you like, or tap a permanent and draw a card for two mana each. Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph turns the Fire half into a three-damage sweeper across any number of one-toughness creatures, which is the reason this split card appears in one in seven Ghyrson decks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph's static ability converts any source that deals exactly 1 damage into 3, so the Fire half of Fire // Ice becomes a two-mana 'deal 3 to each of up to two targets' — an efficient sweeper and finisher that the deck actively wants to chain.
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 // Ice overperforms its rate because the format rewards flexibility — Ice's tap-and-draw answers a threatening creature or planeswaltic activation while replacing itself, and Fire mops up mana dorks or finishes a planeswalker. In Legacy and Vintage, Fire // Ice has seen real play in tempo and control shells precisely because two separate relevant modes on one card shore up the consistency that those formats demand. Pauper is where the card is quietly most powerful — at common, two modes at instant speed for two mana each is premium rate in a format where card advantage is scarce. Modern has the card legal but largely outclassed by more efficient options, so it shows up only in niche spell-count or split-card synergy builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.99 bulk tier
At $0.99, Fire // Ice sits at the top of the bulk tier — cheap enough to pick up without a second thought, but priced above true bulk because the card sees genuine cross-format play. That floor should hold; broad demand across Commander, Legacy, and Pauper keeps it from slipping to quarters.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.