Strafe
Sorcery
Strafe deals 3 damage to target nonred creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28442
Strafe kills any non-red creature for one mana — the catch is that restriction makes it near-useless in most metas. Cheap as it gets, but the conditional is too narrow to rely on.
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 |
In Commander, Strafe is a one-mana instant that occasionally blanks an opposing threat, but red already has access to better unconditional removal at low cost, and three of your four opponents likely run non-red creatures you can hit — only one of them is the problem. Legacy is the only competitive format where Strafe is legal and theoretically relevant, but it never made a dent there either. Vintage is legal but irrelevant — no one is sleeving Strafe for powered tables. The honest read across every format: Strafe is a bulk rare held back entirely by its color restriction.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Strafe is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the effect. That price is stable because demand is essentially zero; don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.