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Fanatical Firebrand

Creature — Goblin Pirate

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
{T}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Foundations
Price
$0.29
EDHREC rank
#7761
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Fanatical Firebrand card art
Fanatical Firebrand is a one-mana haste creature that deals 1 damage on a tap-and-sacrifice — cheap, immediate, and infinitely repeatable when the conditions are right. The cost is that it requires a combo shell to justify a roster slot, but in the right deck, particularly alongside Solemnity or pirate-tribal engines like Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator, it earns every penny.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Breeches, Brazen PlundererMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

22.2% of decks · synergy 0.21

Fanatical Firebrand is a pirate that deals damage to opponents on its own, which triggers Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator's Treasure production while giving Breeches, Brazen Plunderer more fodder to steal spells with — it pulls double duty in this partnership.

02
Kediss, Emberclaw FamiliarMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

13.9% of decks · synergy 0.13

Fanatical Firebrand's direct damage ping hits a player and chains into Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator's trigger, and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar then spreads that damage to every opponent — a one-drop that quietly multiplies across the table.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Fanatical Firebrand is a niche inclusion — irrelevant as a standalone but a genuine combo piece in infinite-sacrifice or Solemnity-based loops where the tap-ping becomes a win condition. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's below the power threshold for aggro decks that want bodies with more upside than a one-damage ping. Pauper is its most realistic competitive home outside Commander, where one-mana haste creatures with any utility have historically found a place in Goblin shells. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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MortuaryFanatical FirebrandSouth Wind AvatarBolas's Citadel

MortuaryFanatical FirebrandSouth Wind AvatarBolas's Citadel

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite lifeloss

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Price Context

Current price

$0.29 bulk tier

At $0.29, Fanatical Firebrand is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does almost nothing outside its combo contexts. It'll stay in this tier indefinitely; there's no pressure scenario that turns a role-player this narrow into a chase card.

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