Smashing Success
Instant
Destroy target artifact or land. If an artifact is destroyed this way, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #15181
Smashing Success destroys an artifact or land and replaces itself with a card draw — three words of clean, useful work for two mana. It's a role-player, not a staple, but any red deck that wants artifact removal and can't afford to lose card equity should take a hard look at it.
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 |
In Commander, Smashing Success earns its slot by solving red's two chronic problems at once: artifact hate and card disadvantage. The field is littered with Sol Rings, Signets, and Treasure tokens, so the target is almost never scarce, and drawing a card means you're not down a resource after trading one spell for one permanent. In Pauper, it competes in a format where artifact removal is a real axis, and the cantrip clause makes it genuinely playable in red-based decks that need to stay efficient. In Modern and Pioneer, better options exist at the same cost or lower, so Smashing Success rarely makes the cut outside of budget builds. Legacy and Vintage have such powerful artifact removal available that this never sees the table.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Smashing Success is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for a cantripping removal spell. Bulk commons rarely move off the floor, so there's no reason to overthink the acquisition: pick up copies whenever you need them and expect the price to stay right where it is.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.