Sear
Instant
Sear deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.54
- EDHREC rank
- #16508
Sear deals 4 damage to any target for three mana — functional, but unexceptional outside of decks that care about the spell itself. Imodane, the Pyrohammer flips that mediocrity into a board-clearing engine, making Sear a genuine staple in that shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imodane, the Pyrohammer
Imodane, the Pyrohammer copies Sear's damage to every opponent whenever a single target takes 4 or more, turning one three-mana removal spell into a multi-player lightning bolt that scales with the board state.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sear is nearly irrelevant outside of Imodane, the Pyrohammer lists — 4 damage for three mana is below rate when you need to affect a 40-life format. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it sits well below the power floor; Lightning Bolt and Skullcrack occupy that removal slot at half the cost. Legacy and Vintage don't even look at it. Sear's entire competitive identity is the Imodane trigger, and that's the only context where sleeving it up is correct.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.54 bulk tier
At $0.54, Sear is squarely bulk — you're paying almost entirely for the physical card. That price holds simply because demand is narrow and supply is adequate; there's no trajectory here worth tracking.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.