The Curse of Fenric
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — For each player, destroy up to one target creature that player controls. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 3/3 green Mutant creature token with deathtouch.
II — Target nontoken creature becomes a 6/6 legendary Horror creature named Fenric and loses all abilities.
III — Target Mutant fights another target creature named Fenric.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17413
The Curse of Fenric is a Doctor Who Universe Beyond card that drains life and creates Haemovore tokens whenever an opponent loses life, turning any life-loss engine into a recursive board-state snowball. The payoff is real in the right shell, but it's a four-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters — that cost demands immediate synergy to justify the slot.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for The Curse of Fenric: multiplayer life-loss effects compound across three opponents simultaneously, and the token generation scales with every ping, drain, or payable cost at the table. Legacy and Vintage are both legal on paper, but a four-mana enchantment with no immediate board impact is too slow for either format's threat density. The card simply doesn't exist in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, or Pauper, so those conversations are moot.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for The Curse of Fenric isn't currently available, which is common for newer Universe Beyond releases that haven't fully settled on the secondary market. Check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before picking up copies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.