Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer + Blasphemous Act

2-card combo · R

Verdict

Yes — Toralf, God of Fury converts Blasphemous Act's overkill into a lethal redirect that ends the game on the spot.

Cards required

Cheapest stack total

$6.30

Color identity

Popularity

20,071 decks

Format

Commander

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Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature; any creature with less than 13 toughness generates excess damage, and each instance triggers Toralf to redirect that surplus directly at an opponent. A table with four to five creatures in play is usually enough redundancy to kill at least one opponent, and a creature-heavy board kills all three. This is the defining reason to run Toralf in mono-red — a single sorcery becomes a one-sided board wipe and a lethal damage burst at the same time.

How it works

Prerequisites

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Steps

Cast Blasphemous Act by paying at most , dealing 13 damage to each creature.
Each creature an opponent controls who was dealt dealt excess damage this way causes Toralf to trigger.
Resolve the first Toralf trigger, dealing an amount of damage to an opponent.
Repeat step 3 for each remaining trigger.

Result

Near-infinite damage

Cheaper, tighter, alternate lines

Citywide Bust and Chain Reaction can substitute for Blasphemous Act in a pinch, but neither scales down in cost the way Blasphemous Act does with more creatures — Blasphemous Act is the right call here. Fiery Confluence is the tighter redundancy piece if budget or slot pressure demands it. Chandra's Ignition is the closer alternative for lists that want to kill the table without a full board to feed Toralf; it routes all the excess through a single high-power creature instead.

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