Fire Tempest
Sorcery
Fire Tempest deals 6 damage to each creature and each player.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Starter 1999
- Price
- $1.03
- EDHREC rank
- #26634
Fire Tempest deals damage equal to its controller's life total to each flying creature and each player — at six mana, that's a one-sided reset against air-heavy boards that also closes out weakened opponents. It's a niche card with a real ceiling, but the six-mana cost means it competes hard for a slot against cheaper, more reliable finishers.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fire Tempest has any real home, specifically in red decks that can inflate their life total or punish flyer-heavy metas. The damage scales with your life total, so commanders that gain life aggressively — or that simply want a political table-sweeper for aerial threats — get the most mileage. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically true, but Fire Tempest sees no meaningful play in either format; six mana for conditional damage doesn't compete in those environments. Outside Commander, it's a curiosity rather than a consideration.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.03 cheap tier
At $1.03, Fire Tempest sits in the budget tier — low enough that the cost is never the reason to leave it out. That price is unlikely to move much given the card's narrow application, so it holds value only as long as it holds a slot in your 99.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.