Scorched Geyser
Land — Island Mountain
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This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $3.59
- EDHREC rank
- #8944
Scorched Geyser deals 2 damage to any target and draws a card for three mana — fine on its own, genuinely dangerous when copied. Outside of copy-spell shells headlined by Rootha, Mastering the Moment, it's a below-rate cantrip that most decks should skip.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rootha, Mastering the Moment
Rootha, Mastering the Moment copies instants and sorceries for free, so Scorched Geyser becomes 4 damage and 2 cards for three mana — the textbook reason this card sees 87% inclusion in Rootha lists.
Muddle, the Ever-Changing
Muddle, the Ever-Changing cares about spells with multiple effects, and Scorched Geyser's damage-plus-draw split satisfies that condition cleanly, making it a reliable spell to chain into Muddle's transformations.
Prismari, the Inspiration
Prismari, the Inspiration rewards casting instants and sorceries with mana and card advantage, so Scorched Geyser slots in as a cheap, self-replacing spell that fuels the engine without dead-drawing.
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 Scorched Geyser actually belongs — the copy-spell synergies available in the 99 turn its modest rate into a real payoff, and the singleton rule makes a cantripping damage spell more attractive than it looks in multiples. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; the competition at the two- and three-mana cantrip slot is merciless, and no competitive deck in those formats wants this effect. Oathbreaker is legal and mirrors Commander's logic — it's fine in a spell-copy shell, nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.59 cheap tier
At $3.59, Scorched Geyser sits at the high end of what you'd expect for a bulk-rare cantrip, and that price is driven entirely by Rootha demand rather than broad playability. It holds that value as long as Rootha, Mastering the Moment stays popular — outside that deck, there's no price floor.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.