Fumarole
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature and target land.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #29272
Fumarole trades instant-speed removal for a hasty attacker — you spend one card and get a body on the board in the same turn. It's efficient role compression, and the floor is rarely blank.
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 |
In Commander, Fumarole earns its slot in any red or Izzet shell that values tempo — destroying a blocker while deploying a threat in one move is exactly the kind of two-for-one that snowballs at a four-player table. Legacy and Vintage both permit it, but the competition at instant speed is steep enough that Fumarole sits comfortably below the threshold for those formats. It sees no play in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper — not legal in any of them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Fumarole is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow appeal rarely climb unless a Commander precon or set reprint spikes demand, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.