Wall of Torches
Creature — Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #23864
Wall of Torches blocks once and trades — a 3/1 defender that dies to anything it stops, which is a poor exchange for one red mana. The only reason to run it is Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest, where its creature type and low cost matter more than its body.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest triggers off creatures entering, and Wall of Torches is a one-mana body that satisfies that condition for almost nothing — it's fodder for the engine, not a threat in its own right.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wall of Torches is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not an argument for inclusion. In Pauper it competes with strictly better one-mana defenders that trade up rather than sideways. In Commander it's a 100-card singleton format where a 3/1 defender with no text beyond defender occupies a slot that almost any other one-drop outperforms. The card exists in Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest lists as a cheap creature-count contributor, and that's the full extent of its competitive footprint.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Wall of Torches is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a commons box without thinking twice. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; demand is narrow enough that it won't climb.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.