Rapid Fire
Instant
Cast this spell only before blockers are declared.
Target creature gains first strike until end of turn. If it doesn't have rampage, that creature gains rampage 2 until end of turn. (Whenever the creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $11.95
- EDHREC rank
- #30069
Rapid Fire lets a creature untap and gain double strike until end of turn — stapled to a single instant — turning any combat step into a potential two-hit kill. In Commander, that means one creature with decent power can punch through lethal damage while also triggering any on-damage abilities twice.
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 |
Rapid Fire is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's effectively the whole story — it sees no play in the non-eternal 60-card formats. In Commander it earns its slot in decks that care about combat damage triggers or need a single creature to close out a game from an unexpected angle. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to use it, but both formats move too fast for a combat trick to matter at scale, so Rapid Fire stays a Commander card in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Temur Battle Rage covers the double strike half for a fraction of the price and is the go-to substitute when the untap clause doesn't matter. If the untap is the point — think tapping creatures for value before combat — Burst of Speed or Savage Beating can pick up parts of the job, though neither replicates Rapid Fire exactly.
Price Context
Current price
$11.95 mid tier
At $11.95, Rapid Fire sits in mid-tier pricing for a combat trick, which is harder to justify than it would be for a staple that goes in dozens of decks. It holds that price because the untap-plus-double-strike combination on a single instant is genuinely unique, but it's a niche buy — worth it in the right deck, not a blind pickup.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.