Searing Barrage
Instant
Searing Barrage deals 5 damage to target creature.
Adamant — If at least three red mana was spent to cast this spell, Searing Barrage deals 3 damage to that creature's controller.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25105
Searing Barrage deals 5 damage to a creature for five mana — it kills most things, but you're paying a premium to do it at sorcery speed. Playable in Pauper and budget Commander builds where the options are thin, but it sits well below the bar in any format with better red removal available.
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 |
Searing Barrage is a Pauper-legal card, and that's the format where it sees the most legitimate consideration — five damage reaches most threats at common power level, and the removal suite is constrained enough that a sorcery-speed five-drop can earn a slot. In Commander, the bar is higher: five mana at sorcery speed competes against Chaos Warp, Generous Gift, and a dozen cheaper burn spells, and Searing Barrage almost never makes the cut outside strict budget builds. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the format speed makes a five-mana sorcery removal spell unplayable — format staples handle the same job for one or two mana.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Searing Barrage is deep bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because it's the cheapest thing in the binder that answers a creature. It will stay at this price indefinitely; there's no demand pressure that moves a card like this.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.