Pyromancer's Gauntlet
Artifact
If a red instant or sorcery spell you control or a red planeswalker you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 2 to that permanent or player instead.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Media and Collaboration Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15012
Pyromancer's Gauntlet turns every red or colorless damage spell and planeswalker ability into a 50% bonus — your Lightning Bolts hit for 4, your Fireballs scale harder, and commanders like Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh start threatening lethal out of nowhere. The cost is real: five mana for an artifact that does nothing on its own means it lives or dies by how many damage sources you're already running.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker by connecting with players three times, and Pyromancer's Gauntlet makes each of her ping abilities deal 2 instead of 1 — cutting the threshold in half and letting her transform in a single combat step rather than grinding over multiple turns.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pyromancer's Gauntlet is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but it's almost exclusively a Commander card. In competitive 60-card formats, five mana for a passive damage modifier is far too slow; burn decks in Modern and Pioneer want to be done winning by turn four, and the Gauntlet doesn't survive long enough to pay off. Commander is where the math changes: longer games, bigger spell counts, and commanders that deal damage repeatedly let the Gauntlet's multiplier compound across an entire table rather than a single opponent.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Pyromancer's Gauntlet isn't available in this listing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures before buying. It's a niche card with a small audience, which historically keeps the price modest, but supply is limited to a single printing — spikes around popular commanders aren't unheard of.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.