Pyre Charger
Creature — Elemental Warrior
Haste
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28479
Pyre Charger is a two-mana 1/1 with haste that pumps itself with red mana — fine rate for aggressive red decks that need early pressure, but the body is too small and the activation too mana-hungry to compete at most Commander tables. It's a role-player in dedicated burn or Goblin-adjacent aggro, and a cut in anything else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pyre Charger is fringe at best — a 1/1 that needs repeated mana investment to threaten anything meaningful is too slow against three opponents with blockers and removal. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have access to far more efficient aggressive two-drops, so Pyre Charger doesn't register competitively there either. It's legal in those formats but never sees play. Oathbreaker is the one context where a cheap, haste-enabled attacker in a focused red shell could justify the slot, especially under a burn-oriented planeswalker commander where every point of early damage counts.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Pyre Charger is pure bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for cardboard. At this price it costs nothing to try in an aggressive red build, but don't expect it to hold or grow any value.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.