Pyrokinesis
Mana cost {4}{R}{R}.
You may exile a red card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Pyrokinesis deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures.
Pyrokinesis is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Alliances printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€4.88) · TCGplayer ($4.27) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €4.61 and €6.07 in that time.
How often Pyrokinesis is played
Pyrokinesis is maindecked in 1 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (1%), averaging 2.0 copies; kept in 4 sideboards (3%); used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 66 decks that can cast red cards, 5 of them play it (8%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Sideboard plans with Pyrokinesis
- Goblins vs. Clerics, Zombies and White Weenie. Against Clerics and Zombies, in: two Tranquil Domain and two Pyrokinesis; out: Goblin Tinkerer, Goblin Sharpshooter and two Siege-Gang Commander, whose tokens die to Engineered Plague. Pyrokinesis splits 4 damage among their 2/2s, though Rotlung Reanimator gives Clerics a 2/2 Zombie for each Cleric that dies. Against White Weenie, in: all three Pyrokinesis and two Tranquil Domain; out: both Naturalize, two Siege-Gang Commander and Goblin King. Pyrokinesis can't target Silver Knight or Soltari Priest, which have protection from red, but kills Mother of Runes, Savannah Lions and Soltari Monks; include Mother among the targets, since she can protect only one creature in response.
- Goblins vs. Sligh, RG Zoo, Elves, Rebels and Terrageddon. Against all five, in: all three Pyrokinesis, which deals 4 damage divided among any number of creatures and costs no mana if you exile a red card from your hand. Against Terrageddon, out: Goblin Sharpshooter, which can't target Nimble Mongoose, and two Gempalm Incinerator; Pyrokinesis kills Elephant tokens, Werebear and a Terravore while few lands are in the graveyards, and Naturalize and Goblin Tinkerer stay for Zuran Orb.
- Goblins vs. Mono-red lists. Neal Sacks' 15 from the ELD Open: a second Goblin Goon, two Anarchy, Mogg Salvage, two Overload, three Pyrokinesis, three Red Elemental Blast and three Tormod's Crypt; his main deck has Goblin Goon, Skirk Prospector and a second Goblin Tinkerer instead of the green cards. These lists have no Naturalize or Tranquil Domain for Engineered Plague, so against Mono Black, in: the second Goblin Goon, which survives Plague as a 5/5, and all three Pyrokinesis; out: Skirk Prospector, Goblin Sharpshooter and two Siege-Gang Commander. Against Clerics, Zombies and RG Zoo, in: all three Pyrokinesis; out: both Goblin Tinkerer and Skirk Prospector. Against Sligh, in: the three Pyrokinesis; out: two Siege-Gang Commander and a Gempalm Incinerator. Against Elves, in: the three Pyrokinesis; out: a Goblin Tinkerer and two Siege-Gang Commander. Against Terrageddon, in: the three Pyrokinesis; out: Goblin Sharpshooter and two Gempalm Incinerator. Against White Weenie, in: both Anarchy and the three Pyrokinesis; out: two Siege-Gang Commander, Goblin Goon, Skirk Prospector and a Goblin Tinkerer. Against Rebels, in: the three Pyrokinesis and both Anarchy; out: both Goblin Tinkerer, two Siege-Gang Commander and Goblin Goon.
Tournament decks with Pyrokinesis
- Rakdos Goblins: 1st Place at Side Event - Czech Nationals (1× sideboard)
- Goblins: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern Online (3× sideboard)
- Minotaurs: 2nd Place at Adriatic Pile - 3° Tappa (2× mainboard)
- RW Goblins: 2nd Place at Fight Club #1 @ Barcelona (1× sideboard)
- RG Goblins: 1st Place at Croatian Premodern Nationals 2026 (4× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Pyrokinesis
- Minotaurs (2×)
