Akoum Flameseeker
Creature — Human Shaman Ally
Cohort — 
, Tap an untapped Ally you control: Discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #25914
Akoum Flameseeker is a 2/2 for three mana that loots when it attacks — a mediocre rate in nearly every context. The effect is real but the body and cost make it hard to justify a slot over cards that do the same thing cheaper or more reliably.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Akoum Flameseeker is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Pauper it's the most plausible home — common-legal looting on an attacker has niche uses in aggressive red builds, though Rummaging Goblin and similar options largely do the job better. In Commander, three mana for a 2/2 that requires an attack step to draw and discard is too slow and fragile to count as consistent card selection. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have long since moved past this rate, and Legacy and Vintage simply have no use for it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Akoum Flameseeker is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a penny bin and rarely leaves it. There's no scarcity or demand driving it higher, so pick it up freely if a brew calls for it, but don't expect the price to move in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.