First printed in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022)

All 4 prints

The List (PLST) #CLB-165, 2026
Foundations Commander (FDC) #142, 2026
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #176, 2022 (digital)
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #165, 2022

Breath Weapon

Instant

Breath Weapon deals 2 damage to each non-Dragon creature.

In the last 30 days 18.0% of Pauper decks played it (133 of 739). Most played in Grixis Madness. In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (3 of 6150). Most played in Lathliss, Dragon Queen.

Staple

Pauper staples: main deck, 5% of decks (#115); sideboard, 20% of decks (#6)
Red, Instants, Removal, Creature removal, Burn, Board wipes

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Pauper Other periods →

In 133 of 739 decks (18.0%).

Share of decks

18.0%

▼ 6.0 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

133

34 main, 126 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.6

in the main deck

Win rate

51%

12 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Grixis Madness	12.3%	5%
Tron	9.3%	77%
Affinity	8.7%	13%
Dimir Control	7.6%	2%
Balustrade Spy	4.6%	3%
Mono-Blue Terror	3.8%	11%
Jeskai Ephemerate	2.6%	58%
Jund Wildfire	2.6%	79%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Urza's Power Plant	74%	7.9
Expedition Map	74%	7.9
Urza's Tower	74%	7.9
Urza's Mine	74%	7.9
Giant's Boulder	74%	4.4
Crop Rotation	71%	8.8
Bojuka Bog	65%	3.1
Unfathomable Truths	56%	10.9
Conduit Pylons	53%	8.2
Bramble Wurm	53%	7.7

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Sneaky Gates Watson in FirstQualifier	5-0 100%
Sneaky Gates aubin ronchant in Rebound Samedi	5-1 83%
Tron Derek Sivrais in Pauper Regional Qualifier	4-1 80%
Tron Carreaux baptiste in Masters	4-1 80%
Tron Felix Rodriguez Fernandez in Masters	4-1 80%
Tron Heisen01 in Pauper Challenge 32	6-2 75%
Jund Wildfire Jeff Parra in the300	6-2 75%
Jund Wildfire Romain B in the300	6-2 75%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Tron Heisen01, 28 Oct	1 main	#4 6-2
Tron FakeShaver, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	#15 3-3
Tron PNascimento, 28 Oct	2 main 2 side	#21 3-3
Tron GrimFlayerBR, 28 Oct	3 side	5-0
Sneaky Gates Varo, 27 Oct	3 side	#16 3-3
Jund Wildfire SirFailo, 27 Oct	2 side	#19 2-4
Gruul Ramp Moon-Presence, 27 Oct	2 main 2 side	#20 2-4
Sneaky Gates PrimoShow1, 27 Oct	3 side	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 3 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days