Fire Diamond
Artifact
This artifact enters tapped.
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $1.04
- EDHREC rank
- #669
Fire Diamond enters tapped, which is the real cost — two mana spent on turn two means your turn three is back to one mana net, not two ahead. It's functional red ramp, and in a color that doesn't get much of it, Zo-Zu the Punisher and similar mono-red builds take it without complaint.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Zo-Zu the Punisher wants every land drop to hurt opponents, which means the deck actively prefers non-land mana sources — Fire Diamond lets you develop your board while your opponents are still triggering the punishment engine every turn.
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant needs artifacts in play to power its affinity-style cost reduction, and Fire Diamond pulls double duty as both ramp and an artifact body that reduces the commander's cost.
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Ovika, Enigma Goliath is an expensive Izzet commander that wants to cast big noncreature spells as fast as possible, and Fire Diamond is one of the few artifact ramp pieces available in red to help bridge into the late game.
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Aegar, the Freezing Flame wants to be slinging spells and drawing cards off excess damage, so Fire Diamond provides the mana acceleration needed to cast multiple spells a turn and maximize Aegar's trigger.
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor is a Rakdos vampire commander with a high mana appetite for equipping and casting Blood tokens, and Fire Diamond fills out the ramp package in a color combination that can't lean on green.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fire Diamond sees the most play — mono-red and Rakdos builds that can't access green ramp treat it as a budget staple, accepting the enters-tapped penalty in exchange for reliable color fixing and mana. In Pauper, it's legal and occasionally shows up in slower artifact-synergy lists, though the format's speed usually punishes tapped rocks hard. Legacy and Vintage have it on the books as legal, but those formats never touch it — the card is simply too slow relative to what's available. Fire Diamond is a Commander card, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.04 cheap tier
At $1.04, Fire Diamond sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to throw into any mono-red or Rakdos build without a second thought. It's a stable floor price; wide reprinting keeps demand modest, and it won't appreciate, but it won't disappear from budget lists either.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zo-Zu the Punisher
- Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant
- Ovika, Enigma Goliath
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.