Scorching Dragonfire
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine #139 (common)
- Price
- $0.06 USD
Scorching Dragonfire deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.
Scorching Dragonfire has 6 printings, first in Throne of Eldraine (2019). EDHREC ranks it #12,309 among Commander cards. It appears most in Lathliss, Dragon Queen decks (222 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Scorching Dragonfire most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen: 222 decks
- Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant: 73 decks
- Drakuseth, Maw of Flames: 41 decks
- Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy: 38 decks
- Nogi, Draco-Zealot: 24 decks
- Ganax, Astral Hunter: 7 decks
- Squee, Dubious Monarch: 4 decks
- Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame: 4 decks
Often played with Scorching Dragonfire
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Scorching Dragonfire's replacement effect will exile the target creature or planeswalker if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage. It applies to the target creature or planeswalker even if Scorching Dragonfire deals no damage to it (most likely due to a prevention effect).
- : Scorching Dragonfire's replacement effect will exile the target creature or planeswalker if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage.
- : Scorching Dragonfire's replacement effect will exile the target creature or planeswalker if it would die this turn for any reason, not just due to lethal damage.