Coal Stoker
Creature — Elemental
When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, add 
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #18154
Coal Stoker enters and refunds three mana on the spot — the cost is a four-mana creature with a 3/3 body that does nothing else. In any deck that can reliably cast it for free or via evoke, like Herigast, Erupting Nullkite, that "cost" evaporates and you're left with a pure mana burst.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite cheats creatures into play for free, which means Coal Stoker enters, triggers, and deposits three mana into your pool with zero mana invested — a clean acceleration engine that lets you chain spells on the same turn Herigast lands.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Coal Stoker is a Commander card, full stop. The three-mana refund on an evoke or cheat-into-play shell is genuinely powerful, but a four-mana 3/3 with no other text is unplayable in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern where the bar for creatures is much higher. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Coal Stoker has occasionally appeared, but the lack of efficient free-cast enablers at common keeps it fringe there too. Stick to Commander, and specifically to decks that can bypass the mana cost entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Coal Stoker is deep bulk — grab a playset for the price of a gumball. That price is stable and going nowhere; it's a single-printing common with narrow appeal, so don't expect it to spike, but also don't hesitate to pick up copies for any deck that wants it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.