Igneous Inspiration
Sorcery
Igneous Inspiration deals 3 damage to any target.
Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #24667
Igneous Inspiration deals 3 damage and replaces itself with a card draw — two meaningful effects stapled together at instant speed. That rate earns a slot in any red spellslinger deck running Magecraft or spell-count payoffs.
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 |
In Commander, Igneous Inspiration earns its keep in Magecraft shells and instant/sorcery-matters builds where every spell needs to pull double duty — the damage pings down planeswalkers or nuisances while the draw keeps your hand full. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer, but those formats demand either efficiency or brokenness, and three mana for 3 damage plus a card doesn't clear that bar when Lightning Bolt exists. Oathbreaker is the one other 60-card-adjacent format where Igneous Inspiration finds honest work, again in spell-stacking strategies that reward triggering Magecraft repeatedly.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Igneous Inspiration is bulk — grab a copy out of any common box without thinking twice. Bulk rares can spike with a breakout deck, but this one is a role-player in niche strategies, so don't expect movement.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.