Fire Covenant

set	min	mtgo
-	11.11	0.23 tix

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Name	Fire Covenant
Type	Instant
Description	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.
Flavor	"On a failed save, target creature becomes a pile of fine gray dust."
Artist	Dan Mumford
Set	Secret Lair Drop #1796
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Fire Covenant

Fire Covenant, Instant, designed by Dan Frazier first released in Jun, 1995 in the set Ice Age and was printed exactly in 4 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 11.11.

A deck that focuses on controlling the board and managing creature threats would benefit from including Fire Covenant, as it provides a versatile removal option that can deal with multiple creatures at once. While Fire Covenant can be powerful in the right situation, it does come with the drawback of paying life, so it may not be ideal for decks that are already under pressure or have limited life total to spare. Other cards like Toxic Deluge or Damnation could be considered as alternatives, offering similar board wipe effects without the life payment, but Fire Covenant could still see play in certain control or combo decks looking for a flexible removal option.

Rules

09/16/07

If X is 0, the number of targets must also be 0.

09/16/07

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.

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