Pyric Salamander
Creature — Salamander
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30964
Pyric Salamander is a repeatable damage engine in spell-heavy red decks — every instant or sorcery you cast grows it and pings for 1, turning a flood of cheap spells into a clock. The cost is that it deals 1 damage to itself each trigger, so without a way to regenerate or protect it, the Salamander is burning through its own life to do work.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pyric Salamander earns a slot in Izzet or mono-red spellslinger builds that chain instants and sorceries — the incremental damage adds up fast in a game that goes long, and the growing power stat can close games if left unanswered. Pauper is where Pyric Salamander sees its most competitive context, since the common card pool rewards cheap, persistent threats that generate value through spell volume. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but the power ceiling of those formats leaves a self-pinging 1/1 well below the bar.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Pyric Salamander is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking about it. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, but at this tier the only question is whether the slot is worth it, not whether the card is worth buying.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.