Fireblast
Instant
You may sacrifice two Mountains rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Fireblast deals 4 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Online Theme Decks
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16899
Fireblast deals 4 damage for free — the actual cost is sacrificing two Mountains, which ends your mana development but doesn't touch your hand or graveyard. In any red deck that wants a sudden, uncounterable burst to close a game, it's the finisher that doesn't telegraph itself with a mana payment.
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 |
Fireblast is a Legacy and Pauper staple precisely because the alternative cost is only a drawback if you plan to keep playing lands — in Burn, you're already done with your Mountains by the time you fire it off. Pauper Burn runs it as a two-of or four-of closer because the format has few free spells of this power at common. In Vintage it's legal but overshadowed by faster redundancy; the spell exists there more as an option than a fixture. Commander is where Fireblast struggles most: 40 life means 4 damage rarely closes a game, and sacrificing two Mountains in a format where land count is precious is a steep structural cost for marginal reach.
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Price Context
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Pricing data isn't available for Fireblast at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Given its Pauper and Legacy demand, copies with heavy play history tend to stay in circulation, so supply is generally reasonable — but foils and older printings can carry a noticeable premium.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.