Hearts on Fire
Instant
One or two target creatures each get +2/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #22953
Hearts on Fire deals damage equal to a creature's power to any target — a clean, scalable burn spell that rewards you for going wide or tall. The two-mana instant rate is fair, and in the right deck it punches well above its cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hearts on Fire earns its slot in decks that routinely inflate creature power — Voltron builds, go-wide token strategies, or anything running anthems and counters can turn it into a finisher or targeted removal for a problematic blocker. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a two-mana conditional burn spell to compete with direct damage staples. Pauper is the other format worth watching: the common slot means Hearts on Fire is a legal option in creature-heavy aggro shells where a single large attacker can make it hit hard enough to close a game.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Hearts on Fire is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you find it on a vendor's hotlist. Bulk burn spells rarely appreciate unless they land in a combo that goes viral, so treat it as a cheap include and nothing more.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.