Pardic Arsonist
Creature — Human Barbarian
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature has "When this creature enters, it deals 3 damage to any target."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #28771
Pardic Arsonist enters the battlefield and immediately threatens 3 damage to any target, but only if you control a Swamp or Mountain — a condition that gates its impact hard in most builds. At five mana for a 3/3 with a conditional ETB, it rarely clears the bar for competitive Commander seats.
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 |
In Commander, Pardic Arsonist is fringe at best — five mana for a 3/3 with conditional reach is well below the power threshold most 100-card decks demand, and the Swamp-or-Mountain clause means mono-red and Rakdos shells are the only realistic homes. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats on paper, but neither has any reason to register this over a decade of more efficient threats. Pardic Arsonist is essentially a Commander-only consideration, and a narrow one at that.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Pardic Arsonist is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. There's no meaningful demand driver here, so the price is likely to stay flat or drift lower as copies accumulate in bulk bins.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.