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Grapeshot

Sorcery

Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Strixhaven Mystical Archive
Price
$1.98
EDHREC rank
#725
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Grapeshot card art
Grapeshot kills the table — storm copies hit each opponent simultaneously, and with a high enough storm count you don't need it to be lethal on its own. Kykar, Wind's Fury and Urabrask both build storm count fast enough that a single resolved Grapeshot ends the game on the spot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper banned
oathbreaker legal

Grapeshot is banned in Pauper, which tells you everything about its ceiling at common rarity — the format couldn't contain a card that scales directly with spell density. Everywhere else it's legal: Legacy and Vintage run it in dedicated storm shells where the win condition is exactly this, and Modern storm builds lean on it as the primary finisher. Commander gives it a pass because the singleton rule and 40 life mean you need a genuinely absurd storm count to close out three opponents at once, which keeps Grapeshot from warping the format the way it does in 20-life 60-card games.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Urabrask

81.4% of decks · synergy 0.73

Urabrask's ability to cast spells off the top of every opponent's library generates storm count at a pace most decks can't match, making Grapeshot a natural game-ender once the engine is running.

02
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

69.3% of decks · synergy 0.64

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin triggers whenever an opponent loses exactly 1 life, and Grapeshot's individual pings are exactly 1 damage each — a high storm count stacks those triggers into an exponential advantage spiral before opponents can respond.

03
The Howling Abomination

The Howling Abomination

61.2% of decks · synergy 0.60

The Howling Abomination rewards casting spells in rapid succession with growing power, and Grapeshot both contributes to and cashes in on that spell-storm density as a finisher.

04
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

78.2% of decks · synergy 0.59

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph converts any source dealing exactly 1 damage into 3 damage, so each Grapeshot copy that would deal 1 instead deals 3 — a storm count of 7 or more kills all three opponents through Ghyrson's replacement effect alone.

05

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

64.4% of decks · synergy 0.56

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might replaces red noncombat damage less than its power with its power instead, turning every Grapeshot copy from a 1-damage ping into a hit equal to Ojer's power and dramatically lowering the storm count needed to win.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.98 cheap tier

At $1.98, Grapeshot sits at the cheap end of proven win conditions — you're paying almost nothing for a card that closes games outright in the right shell. The price is stable given its presence across Legacy, Modern, and Commander; don't expect it to drop further.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.