Searing Flesh
Sorcery
Searing Flesh deals 7 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #28673
Searing Flesh deals 7 damage to a player for five mana at sorcery speed — that's the whole card. It's too slow and too narrow for any competitive shell, and the damage ceiling doesn't justify a spell slot in formats where burn needs to threaten multiple targets or close games from further back.
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 |
Searing Flesh is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable aren't the same thing. In Commander, 7 damage to one player out of four at sorcery speed for five mana is deeply inefficient — you'd need a damage-doubler like Fiery Emancipation already in play to make this threatening, and even then the card does nothing the turn you're behind. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient burn and combo finishers, so Searing Flesh never makes the cut there either. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case worth mentioning: if your planeswalker and signature spell combo rewards high single-target damage, the number 7 occasionally matters, but the competition at five mana is brutal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Searing Flesh sits firmly in bulk territory — it's the kind of card you find in a commons box, not a binder. Don't expect the price to move; demand is too low to create any upward pressure.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.