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Sozin's Comet

Sorcery

Each creature you control gains firebending 5 until end of turn. (Whenever it attacks, add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
Foretell {2}{R} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Price
$11.16
EDHREC rank
#4059
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Sozin's Comet card art
Sozin's Comet is a nine-mana board wipe that deals 4 damage to each creature and player — at sorcery speed, it clears most boards and closes games from a wide life-total lead. Ozai, the Phoenix King decks run it as a finisher, and Hellkite Charger builds treat it as a reset button that keeps attackers alive while burning down the table.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ozai, the Phoenix King

Ozai, the Phoenix King

77.2% of decks · synergy 0.73

Ozai, the Phoenix King runs Sozin's Comet in over 77% of builds because the card is effectively flavor text turned into a win condition — the comet deals 4 to each player while Ozai's damage multipliers and attack triggers can finish off anyone the board wipe softens up.

02
Fire Lord Zuko

Fire Lord Zuko

47.6% of decks · synergy 0.44

Fire Lord Zuko decks use Sozin's Comet as a late-game sweeper that also punishes opponents' life totals, feeding into Zuko's damage-dealing and monarchy-pressure themes at the same time.

03
Electro, Assaulting Battery

Electro, Assaulting Battery

39.5% of decks · synergy 0.35

Sozin's Comet fits Electro, Assaulting Battery's strategy of repeated direct damage — the comet's 4-to-each-player clause stacks with Electro's ability to convert spell damage into win-condition pressure.

04
Fire Lord Azula

Fire Lord Azula

36.7% of decks · synergy 0.31

Fire Lord Azula appears in nearly 30,000 decks, and Sozin's Comet slots in as a high-end finisher that synergizes with Azula's theme of punishing opponents with direct damage while clearing blockers in one sweeping effect.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Sozin's Comet is legal in every major constructed format but sees essentially zero play outside Commander — nine mana is simply uncastable in Legacy or Modern, where games end before you get there. In Pioneer and Standard the same problem applies; the card is too slow for any proactive strategy and too inefficient as a sweeper when cheaper options exist. Commander is where Sozin's Comet actually lives, specifically in Avatar: The Last Airbender-themed decks where the flavor is load-bearing and the 40-life format gives you time to hit nine mana. In Oathbreaker the cost is similarly prohibitive, so treat this as a Commander-exclusive inclusion in practice.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If nine mana is too steep, Blasphemous Act does the board-wipe job for far less in most games and hits creatures harder at 13 damage each, though it skips the direct player damage Sozin's Comet provides. Star of Extinction is a closer functional analogue at seven mana — it deals 20 damage to target land and each creature, which is more selective but lacks the each-player clause that makes Sozin's Comet a legitimate finisher.

Price Context

Current price

$11.16 mid tier

At $11.16, Sozin's Comet sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, not a bulk slot-filler. Demand is almost entirely theme-driven by the Avatar Commander product, so the price is stable as long as those decks stay popular, but don't expect it to climb without new printings or a competitive breakout that isn't coming.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.