City on Fire

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City on Fire: Enchantment, March of the Machine. Convoke. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{R}{R}{R}
Mana value
8
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Rare
Set
March of the Machine (MOM)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
135
Artist
Jake Murray
Commander rank
857 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Triple, Convoke

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About City on Fire

City on Fire is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from March of the Machine (MOM), an expansion set released in April 2023. It is collector number 135 in that set, with art by Jake Murray. It costs {5}{R}{R}{R} (five generic and three red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $9.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)

If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $9.68 (as of 2026-11-02).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of City on Fire by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of City on Fire

City on Fire has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1803Rare2024
March of the Machine (MOM) #363Rare2023
March of the Machine Promos (PMOM) #135pRare2023
March of the Machine Promos (PMOM) #135sRare2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for City on Fire, newest first.

  • Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
  • When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
  • If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
  • Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
  • You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.
  • Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
  • If you control two Cities on Fire, damage dealt by sources you control will be multiplied by 9. If you control three, it will be multiplied by 27, and so on.
  • If an effect such as that of Chandra's Pyrohelix asks you to divide damage among targets, you must divide the unmodified damage before tripling it.

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