Pyromancy
Enchantment
, Discard a card at random: This enchantment deals damage to any target equal to the mana value of the discarded card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.57
- EDHREC rank
- #28480
Pyromancy converts raw card advantage into direct damage — discard a card, deal damage equal to its mana value to any target. The cost is real: you're trading cards for burn, which means it punishes itself in low-hand-size builds and rewards high-CMC discard fodder.
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 |
Commander is where Pyromancy finds its best home, specifically in high-CMC red decks that want to discard expensive spells — Feldon of the Third Path, Daretti, Scrap Savant, or any build running Faithless Looting effects as an engine rather than a liability. Legacy and Vintage legality is academic; those formats have no interest in a four-mana enchantment with this slow a clock. Oathbreaker is legal but suffers the same problem: the format's tighter game counts make losing cards to deal moderate damage a poor exchange unless you've built around it deliberately.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.57 bulk tier
At $0.57, Pyromancy sits firmly in bulk — it's a niche enchantment with a narrow home, and that price reflects it. Demand is too specialized to expect movement, so grab it if the build calls for it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.