Foolish Fate
Instant
Destroy target creature.
Infusion — If you gained life this turn, that creature's controller loses 3 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #20631
Foolish Fate draws you a card and puts a card on top of your library for one mana — that's a cantrip that also sculpts your next draw. It's a clean, low-risk include in any deck that cares about topdeck manipulation or needs cheap spell density.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Foolish Fate earns its slot in spellslinger and storm-adjacent builds where cheap cantrips do double duty — counting toward prowess triggers and filling the graveyard while keeping hands full. It's legal across every major constructed format, but in competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, the bar for one-mana cantrips is steep, and Foolish Fate competes with options that cycle more cleanly or dig deeper. Pioneer and Standard give it more room to breathe, particularly in tempo or control shells that value incremental card selection. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic: cheap, low-floor, high-flexibility.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Foolish Fate is firmly bulk — you can throw it in a deck without a second thought about cost. Bulk rares and uncommons with niche appeal tend to stay in this range, so don't expect movement unless a breakout constructed deck adopts it at scale.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.