Burn at the Stake

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast Burn at the Stake, tap any number of untapped creatures you control. Burn at the Stake deals damage to target creature or player equal to three times the number of creatures tapped in this way.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

MindBoogaloo on Need Tap/Tapped Creature Payoff Suggestions

3 weeks ago

Hello y'all,

I'm still working on my Zirda, the Dawnwaker concept deck (Happy Sweatshop Workers). My wincons are:

• combat by generating alot of tokens:Crash the Party, Devout Invocation

• burn with Burn at the Stake

• Halo Fountain

My game plan is to flood the board with small value generating creatures and then, later on in the game turning them into big payoff cards such as the ones mentioned above. However, after doing extensive research I couldn't find that many finishers. I'm sure I have overlooked some things and I am hoping you might be able to suggest some cards or strategies.

Thank you!

plakjekaas on I think this is the …

2 years ago

In my childhood, which was pre-2000, Witch used to be a derogatory term for a female magic user you don't trust. You don't care where the magic comes from, they could be shamen, druids, wizards or warlocks, just call it witchcraft and Burn at the Stake. I'm still impressed by how Harry Potter managed to own the term and turn it into accepted nomenclature for female magicians.

Genderfluidia on Krenko

4 years ago

Nice deck! Might I suggest Burn at the Stake ? It's more expensive then similar spells and you have to tap your creatures, sure, but it's also three times as powerful. Great for finishing off that last opponent.

YourNeighborhoodGhost on Thantis the Warweaver: Never Ending War

4 years ago

thx for your comment tinnuki, yes Burn at the Stake looks like a nice finisher. will try it

tried some curses but wasnt impressed, they are not bad, but what to cut?

Tinnuki on Thantis the Warweaver: Never Ending War

4 years ago

Since you're making a decent amount of tokens, have you considered something like Burn at the Stake ?

And because this is a combat-centric deck, what about some curses to incentivize combat? Like Curse of Bloodletting , Curse of Disturbance , and Curse of Predation as examples.

moo1234 on Card creation challenge

4 years ago

Ugrug, The terrorer

Legendary Creature - Troll

Trample menace

When ~ enters the battlefield, destroy ALL walls

When ~ attacks you may exert it if you do it deals 3 damage to itself and each creature target opponent controls

6/5

---

Burn at the Stake is a very underappreciated card, and this is the troll, yes I know terrorer isn't a word, You can do some weird things with this by turning your opponents creatures into walls, that's about it actually. I don't really know where this would be printed, it seems a bit good for standard and decent in commander, anyway I like it.

Next challenge either, an un-card called burn at the steak

griffstick on Riku or Wort?

4 years ago

I like wort. I think it's worth the build. Just the thought of a copied Burn at the Stake sounds fantastic to me

2black2well on What is my Edgar Markov …

4 years ago

• ShutUpMokuba, thats very helpful. I dont know why the thought hadnt occured to me that i should specialize and double down on the tokens i wanted. I get the impression that alot of suggestions are leaning the deck more towards midrange, but my relationship with the MTG terminology for decks is hazy at best so what do i know. Im really hesitant to add too many removal cards and any boardwipes honestly as my main threat is someone who plays alot of hexproof and i cant imagine ever wanting to boardwipe. i will reconsider though. Thats also very helpful about how to choose my tribal vamps as i very much did just put as many of the cheapest ones in as possible. Thank you for putting ballpark numbers on the amount of each cards i should think about adding as well!

• TriusMalarky, i understand what you're saying. I typically don't worry about premium lands much at all, and especially as it seems like edgar markov's 'must-haves' are a suite of $5, $10, and $20 cards, like Necropotence. Its a card i have to remind myself not to take out every time i look at the price. I very much like the 'sac to draw 2 cards' though, thank you! I do have one question though, wouldnt a card like Wishclaw Talisman or Scheming Symmetry give my opponent just as much of, if not more of an advantage? In my head, they can tutor up a boardwipe, or some kind of soft counter to whatever i would draw, right? Burn at the Stake is a fantastic card that ive overlooked as well, thank you!!