Fumigate
Sorcery
Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #992
Fumigate wipes the board and gains you life equal to the number of creatures destroyed — immediate, unconditional, and stapled to a relevant lifegain trigger all in one card. Five mana is the honest cost for that package, and Hope Estheim decks in particular treat it as a core piece rather than a luxury.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hope Estheim
Hope Estheim cares about lifegain triggers, and Fumigate can deliver a massive one-shot burst of life in a single cast — often enough to unlock Hope's cost reduction or push a key threshold the turn the board is emptied.
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant rewards incremental life totals, and Fumigate can spike that number dramatically mid-game while clearing every blocker standing between Bilbo and the 111-life finish line.
Licia, Sanguine Tribune
Licia, Sanguine Tribune's commander tax reduction is tied directly to life gained in a turn, and a board-clearing Fumigate can gain enough life in one shot to make Licia effectively free to cast immediately after.
Morska, Undersea Sleuth
Morska, Undersea Sleuth runs white as a support color and needs reliable sweepers to survive the mid-game; Fumigate's lifegain cushion is a meaningful bonus in a clue-focused deck that would rather spend resources on investigation than combat.
Aerith, Last Ancient
Aerith, Last Ancient operates in a lifegain-matters shell where every point of life gained is a resource, and Fumigate earns its slot by resetting a threatening board while simultaneously fueling whatever Aerith has queued up next.
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, Fumigate is a reliable mid-tier sweeper — not the most efficient option at five mana, but the lifegain clause is genuinely meaningful in a four-player game where you absorb hits from multiple opponents before the wipe lands. Lifegain commanders treat it as a build-around piece rather than a backup plan. In Pioneer and Modern, five mana is steep for a sweeper when cheaper options exist, so Fumigate sees fringe play at best — mostly in lifegain-synergy shells where the trigger matters more than the cost. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient interaction, so it doesn't register there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: fine in the right shell, outclassed in generic control.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Fumigate is deep bulk — a card that does real work for almost no financial commitment. Bulk rares with consistent Commander demand tend to stay flat rather than spike, so there's no urgency to acquiring copies, but there's also no reason to hesitate at this price.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Hope Estheim
- Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
- Licia, Sanguine Tribune
- Morska, Undersea Sleuth
- Aerith, Last Ancient
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.