Meteor Storm
Enchantment
, Discard two cards at random: This enchantment deals 4 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #29848
Meteor Storm turns every card in hand into a potential lightning bolt to the face — discard two, deal 3 damage to any target, repeat as long as you keep fueling it. The cost is real: you're hemorrhaging cards, so it only belongs in decks that either generate massive hand advantage or want an empty hand anyway.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Meteor Storm is a Commander card through and through — the long game, multiplayer life totals, and discard-synergy commanders give it a real home. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but functionally irrelevant; those formats move too fast and demand too much precision for a four-mana enchantment that asks you to discard two cards per activation. Commander is the only context where Meteor Storm earns a slot, and even there it wants a dedicated shell rather than a generic red deck.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Meteor Storm is pure bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the archetype fits. Bulk enchantments with narrow homes don't appreciate, so treat it as a cheap role-player, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.