Card
Fire Covenant
Mana cost {1}{B}{R}
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Fire Covenant deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.
Part of 18 known combos, 15 of them two-card. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · ICE · #289
- Cheapest printing
- €0.91
- EDHREC salt
- 0.39
- Color identity
- Black, Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Brash Taunter, Screaming Nemesis, Stuffy Doll, Wrathful Red Dragon, Greven, Predator Captain, Imodane, the Pyrohammer, Boros Reckoner, Mogg Maniac, Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger, Spiteful Sliver, Spitemare, Donna Noble, Wrathful Raptors, Truefire Captain, Black Panther, Most Dangerous
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Brash Taunter, Screaming Nemesis, Stuffy Doll, Wrathful Red Dragon, Greven, Predator Captain, Imodane, the Pyrohammer, Boros Reckoner, Mogg Maniac, Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger, Spiteful Sliver, Spitemare, Donna Noble, Wrathful Raptors, Truefire Captain, Black Panther, Most Dangerous
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Stuffy Doll, Greven, Predator Captain, Imodane, the Pyrohammer, Spiteful Sliver, Truefire Captain
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Brash Taunter, Screaming Nemesis, Stuffy Doll, Wrathful Red Dragon, Greven, Predator Captain, Imodane, the Pyrohammer, Boros Reckoner, Mogg Maniac, Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger, Spiteful Sliver, Spitemare, Donna Noble, Wrathful Raptors, Truefire Captain, Black Panther, Most Dangerous (early with Stuffy Doll, Greven, Predator Captain, Imodane, the Pyrohammer, Spiteful Sliver, Truefire Captain)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
18 known combos, 15 of them two-card.
- Fire Covenant + Brash Taunter
Produces: Near-infinite damage to one opponent
View on Commander Spellbook - Judith, Carnage Connoisseur + Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Fire Covenant
Produces: Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook - Judith, Carnage Connoisseur + Sanguine Bond + Fire Covenant
Produces: Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2007-09-16 · Wizards of the Coast
If X is 0, the number of targets must also be 0. - 2007-09-16 · Wizards of the Coast
You must distribute at least 1 damage to each target. - 2007-09-16 · Wizards of the Coast
You divide the damage as you cast the spell. You can't redistribute the damage if any of the target creatures becomes illegal before the spell resolves.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast