Warlord's Fury
Sorcery
Creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.
Draw a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #5508
Warlord's Fury gives your attacking creatures first strike and replaces itself for one red mana — the card draw alone justifies the slot. In Urabrask builds that want to cast spells on opponents' turns, it pulls double duty as a combat trick and free cantrip.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Urabrask
Urabrask's ability triggers whenever you cast a spell on an opponent's turn, and Warlord's Fury is a one-mana instant that draws a card — so it both triggers Urabrask and replaces itself, making it one of the most efficient fuel pieces in the deck.
Rionya, Fire Dancer
Rionya, Fire Dancer counts each instant and sorcery cast before her combat phase trigger, and Warlord's Fury is a free cantrip that pads that count for just one mana while also giving the token copies first strike.
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Balmor, Battlemage Captain pumps the whole team for each instant or sorcery cast, so Warlord's Fury is a one-mana spell that simultaneously triggers Balmor and grants first strike — two layers of combat advantage on one card.
Electro, Assaulting Battery
Electro, Assaulting Battery rewards spell volume with additional damage triggers, and Warlord's Fury slots in as the cheapest possible cantrip to keep the chain going without losing card parity.
Tor Wauki the Younger
Tor Wauki the Younger pings for damage every time you cast an instant or sorcery, so Warlord's Fury is a one-mana way to get a free ping, draw a card, and set up a first strike attack all at once.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Warlord's Fury is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns its slot only in decks that care about spell count or instant-speed interaction, not as a general inclusion. Pauper is where it has the most crossover appeal, fitting into aggressive red decks that want cheap cantrips to chain together. In Modern and Pioneer, Warlord's Fury is outclassed by cantrips that do more than grant first strike, so it sees essentially no competitive play. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it at all. The card is format-legal nearly everywhere, but its ceiling is narrowly defined: token-attack decks and spell-count commanders in EDH, budget aggro in Pauper.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Warlord's Fury is deep bulk — you'll find it in any commons box without thinking twice about the cost. That price is stable and unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction given how format-specific its appeal is.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.