Sulfurous Blast
Instant
Sulfurous Blast deals 2 damage to each creature and each player. If you cast this spell during your main phase, Sulfurous Blast deals 3 damage to each creature and each player instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #17207
Sulfurous Blast clears the board of small creatures and punches each opponent for 2 at instant speed — the split damage mode is what separates it from a generic sweeper. Four mana for that package is fair, and the flexibility to cast it on an opponent's end step makes it worth a slot in any red deck that needs reach alongside its removal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sulfurous Blast earns its slot as a budget instant-speed sweeper that doubles as reach — hitting each opponent for 2 while clearing 2-toughness creatures is a combination most four-mana spells don't offer. In Pauper, where the format is defined by swarms of small creatures, Sulfurous Blast is a legitimate sideboard and even maindeck option in red-based control, clearing Elves and Goblins while threatening life totals. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient options and the card sees essentially no play there. Modern's creature power level has outgrown 2-damage sweepers as a primary answer, so Sulfurous Blast sits on the outside looking in. Oathbreaker functions similarly to Commander for this card's purposes — the same reach-plus-sweeper role applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Sulfurous Blast is deep bulk — you can finish a playset for under a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk rare pricing like this tends to be stable rather than rising, so there's no urgency to stock up speculatively, but there's also no reason to hesitate picking up copies for any deck that wants them.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.