Pyroclasm
Mana cost {1}{R}.
Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.
Pyroclasm is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Seventh Edition printing.
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Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €1.50 and €2.29 in that time.
How often Pyroclasm is played
Pyroclasm is maindecked in 2 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (2%), averaging 1.5 copies; kept in 24 sideboards (18%); used by 6 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 66 decks that can cast red cards, 25 of them play it (38%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Sideboard plans with Pyroclasm
- Terrageddon vs. Goblins, Elves, Clerics and Zombies. Against Goblins, in: four Pyroclasm and Zuran Orb; out: the two Naturalize, the Disenchant and the two Werebear. Against Elves, Clerics and Zombies, in: four Pyroclasm and two Cursed Totem; out: a Naturalize, the two Werebear and the three Weathered Wayfarer, since Pyroclasm and Cursed Totem both hurt those creatures. Cast Pyroclasm before deploying your own one-toughness creatures, or after Mongoose and Werebear have threshold.
- Terrageddon vs. Sligh. In: two Pyroclasm, an Aura of Silence, Warmth and Zuran Orb.
- Terrageddon vs. Enchantress, Replenish, Oath of Druids and Aluren. Against Enchantress, in: two Aura of Silence, Ray of Revelation, the third Naturalize and three Pyroclasm for Argothian Enchantress and small animated enchantments; out: the four Swords to Plowshares, which have few targets there, and the three Call of the Herd, since Parallax Wave exiles tokens for good. Against Replenish the same four enchantment answers come in without Pyroclasm, for the three Call of the Herd and a Weathered Wayfarer.
- Oath of Druids vs. Creature decks with activated abilities: Goblins, Elves, UG Madness, Clerics and Sligh. Pyroclasm is for the red builds only.
- Full English Breakfast vs. Goblins, Sligh, Elves, UG Madness, Clerics, Zombies, White Weenie, RG Zoo and Gro-a-Tog. Two Pyroclasm and Ghitu Slinger against every creature deck. Pyroclasm kills your own Birds, Hermit Druid and Squee, so Birds of Paradise usually goes out with it. Against Sligh Enlightened Tutor comes in to find Survival and two Hermit Druids leave; against Clerics and Zombies Ray of Revelation answers Engineered Plague, and Pyroclasm is weaker while Rotlung Reanimator or Bad Moon is on the battlefield.
- The Solution vs. Reanimator, Full English Breakfast, Clerics and Contamination. Against Clerics, in: both Pyroclasm and two Tormod's Crypt; out: both Miscalculation and two Portent. Cast Pyroclasm once Rotlung Reanimator is gone, or every Cleric it kills, your Mother of Runes included, gives them a 2/2 Zombie, and keep the Crypts for Unearth and Living Death.
- The Solution vs. Sligh, Goblins and RG Zoo. Against Sligh and Goblins, in: Hydroblast, Blue Elemental Blast, Warmth, Worship and both Pyroclasm; out: both Miscalculation, both Fact or Fiction and two Portent. The Blasts counter a burn spell or destroy a red creature for one mana, Warmth gains you 2 life for every red spell they cast, and Pyroclasm kills every creature with toughness 2 or less, yours included, so keep Mother of Runes untapped to protect one.
- The Solution vs. Elves, White Weenie, Zombies, Rebels and Terrageddon. Against all five, in: both Pyroclasm; out: both Miscalculation, or two Portent against Terrageddon, where the counters are your answer to Armageddon. Pyroclasm kills mana creatures, the Rebel searchers, Zombies once Lord of the Undead is gone, and Nimble Mongoose before threshold, since shroud does not stop damage that does not target; it does not hurt Silver Knight or Soltari Priest, which have protection from red.
- The Solution vs. Other red builds and the white-blue build. The newest red list on MTGTop8, Magicecs83's (top four of 12 at an Eternal League event in Italy, 1 October), plays two Disenchant in the main deck and boards four Galina's Knight, three Annul, three Hydroblast, two Pyroblast, two Pyroclasm and a third Disenchant.
- MUD vs. Stiflenought, Landstill, Psychatog, Tron, The Solution and Dromar Control. Add two Shattering Pulse against Stiflenought for Dreadnought and Powder Keg, one against Landstill, Phyrexian Furnace against Psychatog, and two Pyroclasm against The Solution and Dromar.
- MUD vs. Goblins, Sligh and Zoo. Three Pyroclasm and two Rejuvenation Chamber, plus Crumbling Sanctuary against Sligh and Zoo, which turns damage to players into cards exiled from the library. Pyroclasm kills your own Welders, so cast it before deploying them. Most current lists also board Chill and Powder Keg for their one-drops; Chill makes red spells cost two more, your own Goblin Welder and Pyroclasm included.
- MUD vs. Elves, Mono Black, Terrageddon, Clerics, Zombies and UG Madness. Three Pyroclasm against every creature deck, plus two Shattering Pulse against Elves for the Tangle Wire a third of their lists play and against Mono Black for Cursed Scroll and Powder Keg, and the second Furnace against Terrageddon, Clerics and Zombies.
- MUD vs. Reanimator and graveyard decks. Against Full English Breakfast bring the second Furnace and three Pyroclasm, and take out the Devourer kill, Skullcap and Tsabo's Web.
- Gro-a-Tog vs. Sligh and Goblins. Pyroclasm, in three of four sideboards, kills Jackal Pup, Mogg Fanatic and every small Goblin.
- Gro-a-Tog vs. Elves, Zombies and Clerics. Engineered Plague, in half of the sideboards, names Elf, Zombie or Cleric and shrinks the whole team; Pyroclasm kills everything with toughness 2 or less. Your own Pyroclasm is red, so it grows Quirion Dryad first: a Dryad with one counter already survives it.
Tournament decks with Pyroclasm
- Countertorch: 1st Place at Wels Card Shop (2× sideboard)
- Fires: 7th Place at Manila Premodern Championships (2× sideboard)
- Nantuko Cultivator: 6th Place at Finland Nationals 2026 (3× sideboard)
- Gro-A-Tog: 1st Place at Eurofest Valencia 2026 (2× sideboard)
- Mono Red Control: 6th Place at Geddon Gang Fall 1K (2× sideboard)
- Frenetic Encounter: 1st Place at APAC Webcam Season 21 (2× sideboard)
- Magnivore: 1st Place at Singapore Society FNM Jul 26 (4× main + sideboard)
- Burn: 3rd Place at Bolt the Bird (2× sideboard)
- Rogue: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (3× sideboard)
- Broccoli Soup: 4th Place at Premodern Beijing (3× sideboard)
- Oath Spec: 1st Place at Buckeye Brawl II (1× sideboard)
- Guided Passage: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× sideboard)
- Minotaurs: 2nd Place at Adriatic Pile - 3° Tappa (3× sideboard)
- Mono Red Control: 3rd Place at Mogg Monthly: Phyrexian Colaugust (2× sideboard)
- Fires: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× sideboard)
- BRG Midrange: 7th Place at PM Burro Singles @SPMCR (2× mainboard)
- Darigaaz Midrange Sideboard: 3rd Place at Liga Feijoada 2026 #8 (2× sideboard)
- Ponza Red: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× sideboard)
- Tropical Naught: 2nd Place at Mensual Premodern Valencia (2× sideboard)
- Domain Control: 6th Place at Damnation Community Cup (1× sideboard)
- MUD: 1st Place at Full Tapped - Summer Season (3× sideboard)
- Mono Red Burn: 1st Place at The Old Skull La Plata (2× sideboard)
- Covetous Control: 6th Place at LWPP Maio/2026 Top8 (1× sideboard)
- Mono R Ponza: 1st Place at Chile Premier League – May 2026 (1× sideboard)
- The Solution: 2nd Place at Monthly Italiano Maggio (1× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Pyroclasm
- Hammer Time (2×)
- Minotaurs (3×)
- Tropical Naught (1×)
