Jaya's Immolating Inferno
Legendary Sorcery
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Jaya's Immolating Inferno deals X damage to each of up to three targets.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $7.75
- EDHREC rank
- #2196
Jaya's Immolating Inferno hits up to three targets for X damage each — at a high enough X, that's a table wipe or a three-player kill on the spot. The catch is the legendary sorcery restriction, which locks it out of most decks, but commanders like Rosheen, Roaring Prophet make that cost trivial and pair with Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel to generate the mana needed to make X lethal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet taps for four mana usable only on X spells, so Jaya's Immolating Inferno can reliably reach double-digit X values as early as turn four — and Rosheen herself satisfies the legendary requirement.
Neheb, the Eternal
Neheb, the Eternal generates red mana equal to life lost in your precombat main phase, which means a resolved Jaya's Immolating Inferno can fund an even bigger second copy the same turn.
Rowan, Scion of War
Rowan, Scion of War reduces spell costs by the life you've paid this turn, and Jaya's Immolating Inferno scales hard with that discount — cheap enough to cast at an X that ends the game.
Magnus the Red
Magnus the Red copies instants and sorceries when you cast them for their overload cost or with a high enough mana investment, turning a single Jaya's Immolating Inferno into two simultaneous three-target nukes.
Vadrik, Astral Archmage
Vadrik, Astral Archmage cuts the cost of instant and sorcery spells based on its power, and Jaya's Immolating Inferno benefits directly — every point of discount at the base cost translates to more damage across all three targets.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Jaya's Immolating Inferno: the multiplayer table gives you three targets to hit simultaneously, the legendary restriction is easy to satisfy with your commander in the zone, and the political weight of a potential three-player kill is real. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but unplayed — the legendary requirement is a meaningful deckbuilding cost in those formats, and more efficient burn exists. Pioneer and Modern have the same problem: the restriction plus sorcery speed means Jaya's Immolating Inferno competes poorly against unconditional threats at similar mana values. Oathbreaker gives it a second home, where your planeswalker commander is always available to enable it and the smaller life totals make even a modest X lethal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Yavimaya Bloomsage // ChannelJaya's Immolating Inferno
Near-infinite damage
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Tree of PerditionHidetsugu's Second RiteJaya's Immolating Inferno
Infinite lifeloss for target opponent; Target opponent loses the game
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Comet Storm does the same job — instant speed, multiple targets, variable X — and costs under $0.50, though it lacks the three-damage floor Jaya's Immolating Inferno carries at high X values. Crackle with Power is another option in similar decks, hitting each opponent for 5X damage per mode, but it requires five red mana symbols in your pool and doesn't give you the surgical targeting that makes Jaya's Immolating Inferno useful when you need to preserve one opponent.
Price Context
Current price
$7.75 mid tier
At $7.75, Jaya's Immolating Inferno sits in the mid tier — reasonable for a card with a near-60% inclusion rate in its best shells, but steep if you're not already in a dedicated X-spell commander deck. The legendary restriction keeps demand narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike beyond casual spikes tied to new Rosheen or Neheb reprints.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.