Furnace Punisher
Creature — Phyrexian Warrior
Menace
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this creature deals 2 damage to that player unless they control two or more basic lands.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20362
Furnace Punisher taxes every opponent who can't keep two basic lands on the battlefield — in Commander, where greedy manabases are the norm, that's a 2-damage-per-upkeep clock across three players. A three-mana 2/2 with no immediate effect is a real cost, but the punishment it levies against fetch-shock and dual-land decks makes it a legitimate threat in the right shell.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Furnace Punisher does its best work — three opponents, most of them running optimized manabases stuffed with nonbasics, means the drain triggers stack fast and create real pressure even in the midgame. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the effect is narrower: one opponent can more easily manage basic land counts, and a vanilla 2/2 for three that doesn't affect the board immediately is rarely worth the slot. Vintage has the raw power density to make Furnace Punisher irrelevant by the time it would matter. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in spirit, so the same punisher-style logic applies if your signature spell supports an aggressive gameplan.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Furnace Punisher isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a current figure. Given its niche role as a nonbasic punisher in Commander, it typically sits in bulk-rare territory — worth picking up cheaply if the deck calls for it, but not a card to chase at a premium.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.