Twinstrike
Instant
Twinstrike deals 2 damage to each of two target creatures.
Hellbent — Destroy those creatures instead if you have no cards in hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #28835
Twinstrike deals damage to two targets for a single spell — instant speed, two-for-one removal that doubles as a finisher when you have enough power on board. The catch is that damage dealt equals a creature you control's power, so the card does nothing without a creature and scales hard with how big your board is.
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 Twinstrike earns its slot, specifically in decks that run large-power creatures or pump effects — a 10-power threat on board turns this into a two-target Flame Slash at instant speed for three mana. Legacy and Vintage have it legal but ignore it entirely; the ceiling isn't close to competitive in formats where you're interacting on turn one. Modern similarly has access to more efficient removal at every point on the curve, so Twinstrike doesn't make the cut there either. In Commander, the right shell — Voltron, stompy, or anything stacking power buffs — makes this a flexible answer that can dome a planeswalker and kill a blocker in the same stroke.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Twinstrike is deep bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the slot it occupies. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless a combo or commander breakout pulls them up, and nothing on the horizon makes that likely here.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.