Jaya's Firenado
Sorcery
Jaya's Firenado deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23445
Jaya's Firenado deals 5 damage to any target for five mana at sorcery speed — functional, but nothing more. At that rate, you're paying a premium for a one-shot effect that stronger red decks can replicate cheaper or repeatedly.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jaya's Firenado is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing meaningful play in almost none of them. In Pauper it's the most plausible home — commons-only burn decks occasionally need reach, and five damage to a player can close a game — but even there, better rate options exist at lower mana costs. In Commander, sorcery-speed single-target five damage is simply too inefficient for a 100-card format where threats scale to the dozens. Formats like Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no interest in it whatsoever.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Jaya's Firenado sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its real demand. It won't hold or gain value — bulk burn spells with no competitive home don't move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.