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Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree

Battle — Siege // Enchantment

(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, exile all cards from your hand, then draw that many cards. Until the end of your next turn, you may play cards exiled this way.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
March of the Machine
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#7741
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Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree card art
Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree exiles up to two cards from each opponent's graveyard on entry, then flips into a repeatable source of hasty 3/1 tokens whenever you cast a spell — the front side hoses reanimator and graveyard loops while the back side generates immediate pressure. Commanders like Rocco, Street Chef and Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival treat the back half as a free token factory stapled to their spell-casting loops, making the whole package overperform for a single card slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival

Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival

29.9% of decks · synergy 0.29

Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival triggers off artifacts entering the battlefield, and the Thopter tokens produced by her own engine keep fueling Pyre of the World Tree's spell-casting threshold — every spell you cast into that engine becomes a hasty 3/1 that can swing or sacrifice for more artifact fodder.

02
Loot, the Key to Everything

Loot, the Key to Everything

27.2% of decks · synergy 0.26

Loot, the Key to Everything rewards casting spells across multiple types, and Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree delivers on both axes: the front half is a battle that checks a type box on resolution, and the back half keeps minting hasty creatures every time Loot's controller fires off another spell in the chain.

03
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

15.2% of decks · synergy 0.15

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald creates a Wolf whenever an opponent draws a card outside their draw step, so the game plan already involves casting a high volume of spells — Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree layers a second token producer on top of that, turning every cantrip or impulsive draw into two threats at once.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree earns its slot as a two-for-one: graveyard hate that doesn't eat a dedicated slot and a mana-efficient token engine that scales with spell volume. Modern and Pioneer see almost no play for it — the front half's defense is too reactive and the back half too slow against formats that end games on turn three or four. Legacy has the raw card quality to make the front side relevant in fringe sideboards, but it competes with strictly faster graveyard answers. Oathbreaker is the other home where it shines, for the same reasons as Commander: a high-spell-density game where Pyre of the World Tree generates compounding advantage across a long game.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it an easy include with essentially no financial barrier. Bulk rares with narrow but loyal homes tend to stay flat, so don't expect movement — just pick it up and play it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.