Arjun, the Shifting Flame
Legendary Creature — Sphinx Wizard
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, put the cards in your hand on the bottom of your library in any order, then draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Double Masters 2022
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #12864
Arjun, the Shifting Flame turns every spell you cast into a wheel effect, replacing your hand with seven fresh cards — the engine is relentless, but the six-mana cost means you need a fast setup before the table can answer him. If The Locust God is already on the battlefield, each of those wheels immediately converts into a swarm of insect tokens, and games end within a turn or two.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Locust God
Every spell Arjun, the Shifting Flame triggers creates a new hand of seven, and The Locust God converts each of those drawn cards directly into a 1/1 flying insect — cast two or three spells and you've produced a lethal board out of nowhere.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arjun, the Shifting Flame is a Commander card through and through — the seven-card wheel payoff is designed for a 99-card singleton environment where redundancy across the whole deck amplifies each trigger. In Legacy and Vintage, a six-mana creature that doesn't win on the spot has no realistic path to a competitive slot, and those formats offer faster, cheaper wheel effects with no mana overhead. Oathbreaker is the only other format where Arjun, the Shifting Flame has any real home, slotting into a Izzet wheel build as a signature spell supplement, though the planeswalker commander constraint makes six mana genuinely difficult to reach.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
No current price data is available for Arjun, the Shifting Flame, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the most recent market price before buying. It has seen modest demand as a The Locust God include but has never been a format staple, which historically keeps its ceiling low.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.