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Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

Flying, trample
When Atsushi dies, choose one —
• Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
• Create three Treasure tokens.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Price
$0.48
EDHREC rank
#1423
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Atsushi, the Blazing Sky card art
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky earns its slot by guaranteeing value on death — either three Treasures or three impulse-draw exiles, whichever wrecks the opponent's plan to trade with it — making it one of the cleanest three-for-one threats a red deck can run at five mana. The catch is that five mana is a real ask, and without a sacrifice or recursion engine like Nim Deathmantle, you're relying on opponents to kill it for you; pair it with Herigast, Erupting Nullkite and that dependency disappears entirely.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

61.7% of decks · synergy 0.56

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite runs an exploit loop that wants high-value sacrifice targets, and Atsushi, the Blazing Sky is close to ideal — exploiting it triggers the death clause, netting Treasures or impulse draws while Herigast's recursion sets up the next iteration.

02
Rivaz of the Claw

Rivaz of the Claw

52.7% of decks · synergy 0.49

Rivaz of the Claw reanimates Dragons from the graveyard at end of turn, which means Atsushi, the Blazing Sky pays out its death trigger once and then comes back for another attack — doubling the value from a single removal spell.

03
Ureni of the Unwritten

Ureni of the Unwritten

48.4% of decks · synergy 0.43

Ureni of the Unwritten cascades off Dragon casts, so adding Atsushi, the Blazing Sky raises the floor on every cascade hit while also giving the deck a payoff for the incidental death that happens in a go-wide Dragon battle.

04
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest

Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest

49.4% of decks · synergy 0.43

Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest wheels the table whenever a Dragon deals combat damage, and Atsushi, the Blazing Sky's impulse-draw mode stacks on top of that — one attack cycle can refill your hand twice over if Atsushi connects and then trades with a blocker.

05
The Jolly Balloon Man

The Jolly Balloon Man

39.9% of decks · synergy 0.37

The Jolly Balloon Man cares about expensive permanents with enters-the-battlefield upside, and Atsushi, the Blazing Sky fits that profile while also generating Treasures that feed back into the Balloon Man's cost-reduction and big-spell gameplan.

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

Commander is where Atsushi, the Blazing Sky lives — the multiplayer threat environment means opponents will almost always kill it, guaranteeing the death trigger, and three Treasures in particular can single-handedly fund a follow-up haymaker. In competitive non-rotating formats like Modern and Legacy, a 5/5 flier for five mana is far too slow against the existing threat density, and there's no built-in recurrence to make the death trigger repeatable without dedicated support. Pioneer is similarly unfriendly; five mana gets you much more efficient threats that don't depend on dying to generate value. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky sees essentially zero competitive play outside Commander, and that's fine — it was designed as a multiplayer card and fills that role cleanly.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

308 decks
Saheeli, the Sun's BrillianceAtsushi, the Blazing SkyIntruder Alarm

Saheeli, the Sun's BrillianceAtsushi, the Blazing SkyIntruder Alarm

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite copies of artifacts you control; Infinite copies of creatures you control; Infinite copies of most creatures you control with haste; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until the end of your next turn; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.48 bulk tier

At $0.48, Atsushi, the Blazing Sky is deep bulk — a named mythic rare trading at pack-filler prices because competitive formats ignore it and Commander supply is abundant. That price is unlikely to move much without a reprint-driven spike or a breakout combo pairing, so pick it up whenever you need it without any urgency.

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