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Fire Nation Archers

Creature — Human Archer

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
{5}: This creature deals 2 damage to each opponent. Create a 2/2 red Soldier creature token.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#17011
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Fire Nation Archers card art
Fire Nation Archers puts a repeatable tap-to-deal-1-damage ability on the board, which is narrow on its own but becomes a mana engine inside Mana Echoes or a stat-stacking target for Agatha of the Vile Cauldron. The cost is real: three mana for a 2/2 with a conditional tap ability is not a card you run for rate — you run it because your deck has a specific reason to want it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

19.7% of decks · synergy 0.19

Agatha of the Vile Cauldron exiles Fire Nation Archers from the graveyard and spreads that tap ability across every creature Agatha buffs, turning a narrow pinger into a board-wide damage outlet that scales with your creature count.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Fire Nation Archers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where the conversation starts and ends — it has no presence in any competitive Constructed format. In Commander it occupies a narrow niche: tap-ability synergy decks, specifically those running Agatha of the Vile Cauldron or Mana Echoes loops that care about cheap activated abilities rather than raw efficiency. Legacy and Vintage are technically options but irrelevant in practice — no competitive shell wants a three-mana 2/2 pinger when those formats have far more powerful options. Treat Fire Nation Archers as a Commander-only card with a specific deck requirement.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.33 bulk tier

At $0.33, Fire Nation Archers is bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for a specific activated ability that very few decks need. The price is stable at this floor and there's no meaningful upside pressure unless Agatha of the Vile Cauldron decks spike in popularity.

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