Scalding Cauldron
Artifact
, 
, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 3 damage to target creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26752
Scalding Cauldron costs three to deploy and three more to activate, paying six total mana to deal 3 damage to a creature — a transaction no competitive format respects. Slower than nearly every instant-speed removal spell in the game, it belongs in the bulk box.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scalding Cauldron is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper, where common-only constraints force real concessions, it still loses to options like Implement of Combustion or any direct damage spell that doesn't ask you to tap and wait. In Commander, six mana spread across two turns to kill a single creature is a catastrophic rate when opponents are running Craterhoof Behemoth and Thassa's Oracle. Across every format where Scalding Cauldron is legal, there is a cheaper, faster, or more flexible removal spell doing the same job.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Scalding Cauldron sits at the floor of bulk pricing, which is exactly where the market has always placed it. The price won't move — there's no demand driver that would push a slow, overcosted removal artifact upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.