Incendiary Command
Sorcery
Choose two —
• Incendiary Command deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Incendiary Command deals 2 damage to each creature.
• Destroy target nonbasic land.
• Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then draws that many cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $1.17
- EDHREC rank
- #8548
Incendiary Command hits four different axes at once — damage, hand disruption, board clearance, and card draw — for five mana at sorcery speed. The cost is real, but in Nekusar, the Mindrazer decks the forced-discard-and-redraw mode punishes opponents twice over, making the premium justified.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer turns the discard-and-redraw mode on Incendiary Command into a damage trigger for every card opponents draw back, converting a single spell into a three-player punishment sequence.
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider cares about opponents drawing cards, and Incendiary Command's forced wheel mode generates that draw while simultaneously clearing small blockers — two payoffs from one spell.
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 |
Commander is where Incendiary Command earns its slot: four opponents mean four targets for the damage mode and four hands emptied by the discard-and-redraw, which scales in a way it simply can't in one-on-one formats. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but never played — five mana at sorcery speed can't compete with the cantrip density and countermagic those formats demand. Modern is the same story; the card is technically legal but the rate is too slow to see any serious play. Incendiary Command is a Commander card through and through, and it doesn't pretend to be anything else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.17 cheap tier
At $1.17, Incendiary Command sits firmly in the budget tier — you're getting a multi-modal five-mana spell for the price of a pack of sleeves. The price reflects its narrow competitive appeal outside Commander, so it should stay accessible for the foreseeable future.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.