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Aethertorch Renegade

Creature — Human Rogue

When this creature enters, you get {E}{E}{E}{E} (four energy counters).
{T}, Pay {E}{E}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature.
{T}, Pay eight {E}: This creature deals 6 damage to target player or planeswalker.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Kaladesh
Price
$0.16
EDHREC rank
#16441
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Aethertorch Renegade card art
Aethertorch Renegade enters with six energy counters and converts them into direct damage — six to a player or two to a creature — which is a meaningful threat for a four-mana body. Commanders like Isshin, Two Heavens as One double the enters-the-battlefield trigger, which means twelve energy and twice the burn potential from a single cast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Aethertorch Renegade is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have long since left energy synergies to purpose-built shells that run faster, more redundant pieces. In Commander is where Aethertorch Renegade actually earns its slot — energy-matters builds and attack-trigger decks can chain its damage output into meaningful reach, especially when flicker or reanimation reloads the counters. Oathbreaker follows the same logic at a smaller table scale.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.16 bulk tier

At $0.16, Aethertorch Renegade is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box without thinking about cost. That price is stable because demand is narrow, but in the right energy or ETB-trigger shell it punches well above its dollar value.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.