Underworld Fires
Sorcery
Underworld Fires deals 1 damage to each creature and each planeswalker. If a permanent dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #22951
Underworld Fires deals one damage to each creature and each planeswalker, then exiles the ones that die to it — the exile rider is the whole point, shutting off graveyard recursion and persist triggers at instant speed for three mana. It's a narrow sweeper: useful specifically when you need to clean up token boards or death-trigger value engines, and replaceable in most lists by something that hits harder.
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, Underworld Fires occupies a very specific slot — token hate with incidental graveyard disruption — but three mana for one damage rarely clears the meaningful threats at a four-player table, so it competes poorly against Blasphemous Act or even Pyroclasm. In Modern and Pioneer, the exile clause makes it a sideboard consideration against persist combo or undying-based strategies, though Anger of the Gods and Soul-Guide Lantern cover that ground more efficiently. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a three-mana sweeper to matter outside fringe applications. Underworld Fires is most at home as a Commander staple for Rakdos or Grixis token-hate packages, and even there it's a role-player rather than a cornerstone.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Underworld Fires is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not a trade binder. That price is stable by default: the card sees modest Commander play and nothing in competitive 60-card formats is clamoring for it, so there's no pressure pushing it higher.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.