Turn // Burn
Instant // Instant
Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a red Weird with base power and toughness 0/1.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- GRN Guild Kit
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #18188
Turn // Burn turns any blocker into a 0/1 until end of turn and then deals 2 damage to finish it off — two spells fused into one for four mana, or split across two turns when you need flexibility. It's a clean answer to indestructible creatures and a solid combat trick, but four mana total is steep enough that dedicated removal usually does the job cheaper.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Turn // Burn earns its slot specifically against indestructible threats — turning Blightsteel Colossus or a Darksteel Forge-protected creature into a 0/1 before dealing lethal damage is one of the few clean answers to that problem. In Modern and Legacy it struggles to compete with Terminate or Prismatic Ending, which handle threats more efficiently without requiring two cards' worth of mana investment. Pioneer is the one 60-card format where it sees occasional fringe play in Izzet tempo shells, but it's still outclassed by Lightning Axe and Voltage Surge in those contexts. The fuse mechanic means Turn // Burn rewards patience — casting each half independently can generate real value when the timing is right.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Turn // Burn sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move without a reprint into a high-demand product or a sudden spike in indestructible creatures across popular formats. It's a low-risk pickup for any Izzet Commander deck that wants coverage against gods and artifact creatures — the floor is already the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.