Pyretic Charge
Sorcery
Discard your hand, then draw four cards. For each card discarded this way, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Plot 
(You may pay and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #9772
Pyretic Charge puts +3/+0 and trample on all your attacking creatures for a single red mana — that's a combat trick that can close games out of nowhere. In Eris, Roar of the Storm decks especially, where the board already goes wide with flying tokens, this turns a stalled board state into a lethal swing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Eris, Roar of the Storm
Eris, Roar of the Storm generates a flock of Bird tokens whenever you cast noncreature spells, so Pyretic Charge pulls double duty — it triggers Eris while also pumping every attacker on the swing that follows.
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Ovika, Enigma Goliath rewards noncreature spells with a flood of Goblin tokens, and Pyretic Charge converts that token swarm into a trample-fueled alpha strike the same turn you cast it.
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 |
Pyretic Charge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through — the wide token boards that justify a pump-all-attackers spell almost never exist in Legacy or Vintage, where efficient interaction answers board states long before they get that large. In Commander, it earns its slot in go-wide red or Izzet token strategies where the board can realistically hold six or more attackers. Outside of those token-centric shells, three mana and a card is too steep a cost for a one-turn buff with no lasting effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Pyretic Charge sits firmly in bulk territory and is essentially a free inclusion from a budget perspective. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely appreciate, so pick it up if the deck calls for it rather than as a spec.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.