Increasing Vengeance
Instant
Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.82
- EDHREC rank
- #2967
Increasing Vengeance copies any instant or sorcery you cast — twice if you cast it from the graveyard — for two mana, which is among the most efficient copy effects in red. Pyromancer's Goggles already copies spells, and Ashling, Flame Dancer stacks chord triggers on every instant or sorcery; Increasing Vengeance slots into both as a low-cost doubler with built-in late-game upside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ashling, Flame Dancer
Ashling, Flame Dancer triggers off every instant and sorcery cast, so Increasing Vengeance doesn't just double a spell — it generates two separate triggers that stack chorus counters and pump whatever ability you've loaded onto Ashling. The flashback mode later in the game means you get four triggers from one card.
Kalamax, the Stormsire
Kalamax, the Stormsire copies the first instant you cast each turn and grows whenever a spell gets copied, so Increasing Vengeance targeting another instant produces two copies of that spell and puts two +1/+1 counters on Kalamax at once. Casting it from the graveyard doubles everything again, turning one spell into four copies and a substantially larger commander.
Wort, the Raidmother
Wort, the Raidmother conspires spells by tapping two creature tokens, and Increasing Vengeance itself is a legal conspire target that then copies a second spell — chaining the two effects means a single threat can multiply into four or more instances. It's a key piece in Wort's 'copy everything once' gameplan that pulls the deck toward critical mass.
Kess, Dissident Mage
Kess, Dissident Mage lets you cast one instant or sorcery from the graveyard each turn, making Increasing Vengeance a reliable reusable tool: exile it with Kess, copy a tutor or win condition, and proceed. The flashback mode becomes largely irrelevant under Kess since you're recurring it through the command zone instead.
Urabrask
Urabrask rewards casting multiple spells in a turn by dealing damage each time an opponent casts their first spell, so Increasing Vengeance lets one proactive play count as two spell casts and two separate Urabrask triggers. The doubled damage output from copying a direct damage spell is often enough to close out a player in a single turn.
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 Increasing Vengeance earns its keep — the format's long games mean you'll hit flashback naturally, and spell-doubling commanders turn a two-mana copy effect into a game-ending engine piece. In Legacy and Vintage, Increasing Vengeance is legal but rarely played; those formats run Fork and Reverberate for the same effect at instant speed, which matters enormously in interactive games. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for the same reasons as Commander: the signature spell slot rewards instant and sorcery payoffs, and flashback is easy to reach. Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper are off the table entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Alania, Divergent StormIncreasing Vengeance
Infinite magecraft triggers
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Current price
$0.82 bulk tier
At $0.82, Increasing Vengeance sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a legitimate engine piece in multiple Commander archetypes. That price is unlikely to move much given consistent reprints and moderate demand, so picking up copies now costs almost nothing.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Pyromancer's Goggles
- Ashling, Flame Dancer
- Kalamax, the Stormsire
- Wort, the Raidmother
- Kess, Dissident Mage
- Urabrask
- Twincast
- Dual Strike
- Teach by Example
- Alania, Divergent Storm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.