Scorching Missile
Sorcery
Scorching Missile deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #29796
Scorching Missile deals 4 damage to a player for four mana at sorcery speed — that rate is unplayable in any competitive context. It's a bulk common that belongs in the bulk bin.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Scorching Missile is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, 4 damage to a player at sorcery speed for four mana does nothing meaningful against 40-life totals. Pauper is the one format where burn commons get scrutiny, but even there Scorching Missile loses to Lava Spike, Lightning Bolt, and Chain Lightning at a fraction of the cost. Skip it in every format it's legal in.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Scorching Missile is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what it is. It won't rise; there's no sleeper angle here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.