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Tempt with Vengeance

Sorcery

Tempting offer — Create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Each opponent may create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. For each opponent who does, create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{X}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#2684
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Tempt with Vengeance card art
Tempt with Vengeance puts a swarm of Elemental tokens onto the battlefield the turn you cast it — at X mana, the ceiling is as high as your mana pool. The catch is that opponents who accept the offer double your army, which means the card rewards shells that can immediately cash in those tokens before anyone gets to untap, whether that's an Aggravated Assault loop or Magnus the Red turning every new creature into a damage trigger.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Magnus the Red

Magnus the Red

47.4% of decks · synergy 0.46

Magnus the Red converts every token Tempt with Vengeance makes into a damage ping on entry, so a single large X-spell can close out the table before combat even begins. At nearly 47% inclusion across Magnus decks, this is one of the card's most natural homes.

02
Purphoros, God of the Forge

Purphoros, God of the Forge

46.7% of decks · synergy 0.45

Purphoros, God of the Forge deals 2 damage per creature entering the battlefield, and Tempt with Vengeance produces a wave of them on a single cast — opponents who accept the tempt only accelerate the damage clock. It's a finisher disguised as a token spell.

03
Zurgo Stormrender

Zurgo Stormrender

43.4% of decks · synergy 0.40

Zurgo Stormrender cares about wide boards and instant-speed action, and Tempt with Vengeance scales directly into that gameplan by flooding the field with attackers at whatever mana investment you can afford. The 43% inclusion rate across nearly 18,000 decks reflects how cleanly the card fits the shell.

04
Thromok the Insatiable

Thromok the Insatiable

33.6% of decks · synergy 0.32

Thromok the Insatiable devours creatures to become enormous, and Tempt with Vengeance provides a disposable pile of fodder on demand — the bigger the X, the bigger Thromok gets. It's one of the fastest ways to set up a lethal Thromok swing without sacrificing anything you actually wanted to keep.

05
Neriv, Crackling Vanguard

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard

30.6% of decks · synergy 0.27

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard rewards having many creatures in play and benefits from token quantity over quality, making Tempt with Vengeance a natural fit for flooding the board quickly. The 30% inclusion rate shows it's not an auto-include but earns its slot in creature-dense Neriv builds.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Tempt with Vengeance is a Commander card through and through — the tempt mechanic is designed for a multiplayer table, where opponents face a real dilemma and the political calculus of accepting or declining actually matters. In a 1-on-1 context like Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal, there's no political tension and no opponent to sweeten the offer, so the card reads as a vanilla X-spell that makes tokens at sorcery speed, which is simply not competitive. Oathbreaker can replicate the multiplayer dynamic where Tempt with Vengeance shines, particularly with a red planeswalker that cares about creature count. Outside of casual multiplayer, leave it in the box.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Nivix GuildmageCryptolith RiteTempt with Vengeance

Nivix GuildmageCryptolith RiteTempt with Vengeance

Infinite colored mana; Infinite copies of instant or sorcery spells you cast; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite looting; Infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite self-discard triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Tempt with Vengeance sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Given its near-50% inclusion in the top Magnus and Purphoros lists, the price reflects supply more than demand, and it's unlikely to appreciate meaningfully without a reprint scare.

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