Incite Hysteria
Sorcery
Radiance — Until end of turn, target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it gain "This creature can't block."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #26237
Incite Hysteria taps all creatures your opponents control until end of turn — effectively a one-sided fog that also clears the way for an alpha strike. Three mana at sorcery speed is the real cost, but in red-based go-wide or token decks that want exactly one uncontested attack step, that's a fair trade.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Incite Hysteria fills a niche role in aggressive red decks that can assemble lethal damage in a single swing but need the board cleared to do it — think Krenko, Mob Boss or Aurelia, the Warleader strategies. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but those formats move faster and offer cleaner finishers, so Incite Hysteria almost never shows up competitively. Pauper is the one exception worth a glance, where budget red aggro occasionally wants this effect, though even there it sees minimal play.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Incite Hysteria sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without a second thought if the effect fits your deck. Bulk commons at this price point don't move much in either direction, so there's no timing consideration: it's cheap now and will stay cheap.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.