Tunnel Ignus
Creature — Elemental
Whenever a land enters under an opponent's control, if that player had another land enter the battlefield under their control this turn, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.47
- EDHREC rank
- #17652
Tunnel Ignus punishes every fetchland crack, every Cultivate, every Sakura-Tribe Elder your opponents run — and at three mana it arrives early enough to matter. It's a narrower Zo-Zu the Punisher that only cares about additional lands entering, which means it does nothing in a land-light pod and everything in a format full of ramp.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Zo-Zu the Punisher is the natural home — running both means opponents take damage from the first land and again from every subsequent one, and fetchlands become a genuine liability rather than a free action.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Tunnel Ignus earns its keep: four players fetching, ramping, and cracking Evolving Wilds means the damage adds up fast without you doing anything extra. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — the formats move too fast for a three-mana 2/1 with no immediate board impact to matter. Modern has enough fetch activity that a dedicated land-punishment shell could theoretically use it, but Eidolon of the Great Revel and Blood Moon do more work for that archetype's real threats. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.47 bulk tier
At $0.47, Tunnel Ignus is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does real work in the right shell. Bulk rares this narrow don't tend to spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so buy it for the deck, not the spec.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.