Fury Charm
Instant
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
• Remove two time counters from target permanent or suspended card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Iconic Masters
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #9507
Fury Charm does three different things on one card — counter a suspend trigger, give a creature trample, or destroy an artifact — and costs a single red mana for any of them. In decks like Jhoira of the Ghitu that live on the suspend mechanic, the first mode alone justifies the slot; the other two are live often enough that the card almost never bricks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jhoira of the Ghitu
Jhoira of the Ghitu suspends your threats for two mana, and Fury Charm's counter-a-suspend-trigger mode lets you accelerate those threats onto the battlefield ahead of schedule — it's the primary reason 80% of Jhoira lists run it.
Gandalf of the Secret Fire
Gandalf of the Secret Fire cares about instants and sorceries, and Fury Charm slots in as a cheap, modal piece that can protect your own suspended cards or pick off an opponent's while triggering Gandalf's cost-reduction engine.
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler has its own suspend synergies, and Fury Charm pulls double duty — accelerating your suspended threats while the trample and artifact-destruction modes stay relevant in a wide open Commander pod.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fury Charm sees play almost exclusively in Commander, where suspend strategies — particularly Jhoira of the Ghitu — give the first mode real teeth. In Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper it's technically legal but functionally absent; no competitive archetype there relies on suspend manipulation, and a three-mode one-mana instant isn't enough to buy a slot on flexibility alone. Pauper is the one fringe case worth watching: artifact destruction at common on an instant is always quietly useful, but the lack of a suspend-heavy shell keeps Fury Charm off most lists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Fury Charm is firmly bulk — pick it up in any common box or as a throw-in with any order. Bulk commons with narrow mechanical hooks don't appreciate, so treat it as a pure utility inclusion rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jhoira of the Ghitu
- Gandalf of the Secret Fire
- The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.