Fire-Lit Thicket
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander
- Price
- $1.54
- EDHREC rank
- #1264
Fire-Lit Thicket enters untapped and produces both red and green without any setup — that's the whole argument. The cost is that it only taps for colorless if you don't have the right basic type in play, which barely registers in a two-color deck like Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER runs aggressive red-green mana curves where having untapped dual mana on turn two is worth more than any enters-tapped land, and Fire-Lit Thicket delivers that consistently across the whole game.
Tifa, Martial Artist
Tifa, Martial Artist wants to hold up mana for combat tricks and payoffs, and Fire-Lit Thicket's unconditional untapped status means it never forces her to choose between developing the board and keeping red-green open.
Xenagos, God of Revels
Xenagos, God of Revels needs to hit five or six mana fast to start doubling power, and Fire-Lit Thicket is one of the cleaner ways to smooth out the red-green curve without paying a tempo penalty on the land.
Nikya of the Old Ways
Nikya of the Old Ways runs only creatures and needs every land to pull its weight; Fire-Lit Thicket is a no-nonsense dual that asks nothing of the spells package and never enters tapped to punish an early Nikya.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fire-Lit Thicket is a straight upgrade over any enters-tapped red-green dual in two-color or Gruul-splash lists — the condition for full functionality is almost always met by turn three. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees essentially no play because fetchlands plus original dual lands outclass it by a wide margin, but it's legal in both. Modern is where it occasionally appears in Gruul stompy builds that want consistent untapped duals without spending on Stomping Ground, though the shock land is usually preferred for fetch synergy. Fire-Lit Thicket is not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so Commander and older formats are its entire competitive footprint.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.54 cheap tier
At $1.54, Fire-Lit Thicket is about as cheap as a functional untapped dual gets — budget Gruul builds have no excuse to run enters-tapped alternatives when this exists at this price point. It's a stable, low-demand card with no major reprint risk on the horizon, so the floor is likely where it sits.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.