Gaze of Adamaro
Instant — Arcane
Gaze of Adamaro deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards in that player's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #19686
Gaze of Adamaro deals damage equal to the target opponent's hand size — punishing draw-heavy decks instantly for zero setup on your end. At three mana for a sorcery, it's only worth running when you can reliably expect large hands, which limits it to specific archetypes rather than open slots.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gaze of Adamaro is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage has no interest in sorcery-speed conditional burn. Commander is its only real home, and even there it's narrow — you want it against blue-heavy pods where opponents routinely hold seven-plus cards, or in a deck that actively forces opponents to draw. Outside of hand-size-matters builds, it's a sideboard card in a format that doesn't have sideboards.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Gaze of Adamaro is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for postage. Demand is too niche for the price to move in either direction, so pick it up if you need it and don't think twice.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.