Incinerator of the Guilty
Creature — Dragon
Flying, trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may collect evidence X. When you do, this creature deals X damage to each creature and planeswalker that player controls. (To collect evidence X, exile cards with total mana value X or greater from your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
- Price
- $1.33
- EDHREC rank
- #7248
Incinerator of the Guilty lands as a six-mana 6/6 flying trampler that wipes the board of token creatures the moment it enters — every token an opponent controls gets exiled, not destroyed. The cost is that you need opponents who are actually running tokens, but in Commander that's almost always a safe assumption, and Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood can power it out several turns ahead of schedule.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood turns every large creature into a mana engine, and Incinerator of the Guilty's 6/6 body means Alena generates six red mana the turn it enters — right after that enters-the-battlefield wipe already cleared the token defenses blocking your attacks.
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre discounts Incinerator of the Guilty by two mana when blitzing it, meaning you can land the token sweep for as little as four mana, draw a card off blitz, and still threaten with the body before it's sacrificed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Incinerator of the Guilty earns its keep — multiplayer tables are full of token strategies, Treasures, and creature tokens from planeswalkers, so the enters-the-battlefield trigger rarely whiffs. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's simply too expensive at six mana and too narrow against non-token strategies to see competitive play. Legacy and Vintage offer no path either; those formats want interaction at one or two mana, not a six-drop contingent on what opponents are doing. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's multiplayer dynamic closely enough that the same logic applies — token-heavy metas make Incinerator of the Guilty a real card, anything else and it's a 6/6 with upside that never triggers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.33 cheap tier
At $1.33, Incinerator of the Guilty sits in the cheap tier — you're paying almost nothing for a legitimate token-hate body with evasion and trample. That price is unlikely to move significantly in either direction given its narrow role, but for the decks that want it, it's an easy include at this cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
- Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.