Pyre Spawn
Creature — Elemental
When this creature dies, it deals 3 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #23579
Pyre Spawn enters as a 4/4 and deals 4 damage to each opponent when it dies — meaningful reach stapled to a body that asks to be killed. Six mana for that payoff is honest value only if your deck is built to recur or sacrifice it 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 |
Commander is where Pyre Spawn earns its slot, specifically in sacrifice and recursion shells that can trigger its death effect multiple times per game. In Pauper it's a legitimate threat — a 4/4 that punishes removal is genuinely hard to ignore at common. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have enough efficient interaction that a six-mana creature with no immediate protection or board impact beyond its toughness won't make the cut. Pyre Spawn is a Commander and Pauper card; everywhere else it's outclassed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Pyre Spawn is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is high, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.