Fireshrieker
Artifact — Equipment
Why Play Fireshrieker
Double strike effectively doubles a creature's damage output, making this equipment particularly valuable on creatures with high power or beneficial combat damage triggers. Aggressive decks benefit from the raw damage increase, while voltron strategies in multiplayer formats appreciate the multiplicative effect on already large threats. The relatively low equip cost of {2} makes it easy to move between creatures as the board state changes, and the colorless nature allows any deck to include it.Format Notes
Fireshrieker sees most play in Commander, where the longer games and higher life totals make the damage doubling more impactful than in faster competitive formats. Equipment-based voltron commanders particularly value the consistent damage increase. In Standard and Pioneer, the card occasionally appears in aggressive artifact decks but competes with more efficient options at the three-mana slot.Combos & Synergies
Equipment tutors like Steelshaper's Gift and Stonehewer Giant help find Fireshrieker consistently while reducing setup time. The equipment shines on creatures with combat damage triggers such as Sword of Fire and Ice or infect creatures like Blighted Agent, effectively doubling their triggered abilities. Puresteel Paladin and other equipment cost reducers make the initial casting and repeated equipping more efficient, enabling multiple equipment pieces on a single threat.Featured in These Decks
- Upgrades Unleashed Commander
- Scrappy Survivors Commander
- Eldrazi Unbound Commander
- Arm for Battle Commander
