Fire Navy Trebuchet
Artifact Creature — Wall
Defender, reach
Whenever you attack, create a 2/1 colorless Construct artifact creature token with flying named Ballistic Boulder that's tapped and attacking. Sacrifice that token at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #12060
Fire Navy Trebuchet puts a repeatable, hasty damage engine on board for three mana — each attacking creature that wasn't on the battlefield at the start of your turn deals an extra point, which adds up fast in token-heavy or flicker strategies. Goro-Goro and Satoru is the canonical home, but any deck flooding the board with newly created attackers turns this into a meaningful damage multiplier.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Goro-Goro and Satoru
Goro-Goro and Satoru creates Dragon tokens whenever a non-Dragon creature with haste deals combat damage, and Fire Navy Trebuchet rewards exactly those new-to-battlefield attackers with bonus damage — the two cards are chasing the same game state. At nearly 15% inclusion across Goro-Goro and Satoru decks, it's a core piece of that engine.
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist produces artifact creature tokens and cares about creatures entering and dying, which means a steady stream of fresh attackers that Fire Navy Trebuchet can ping for extra damage each combat. The synergy is tight enough that roughly 15% of Ashnod builds slot it in.
Ozai, the Phoenix King
Ozai, the Phoenix King rewards aggressive, wide attack steps, and Fire Navy Trebuchet layers chip damage onto every new attacker that enters mid-game or off a token producer. About 11.5% inclusion in Ozai decks reflects its role as a low-cost damage supplement in that strategy.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fire Navy Trebuchet is a niche role-player — it earns its slot only in decks that consistently create and attack with new creatures each turn, and it does nothing on a stalled board. Outside Commander, it's legal across Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but three mana for a conditional one-damage-per-creature effect doesn't clear the bar in any competitive 60-card format where efficient threats and disruption crowd out incremental ping effects. Pauper is the one format where it's not legal. Stick to Commander, and specifically to token-attack strategies — anywhere else it's a draft common doing draft-common things.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Fire Navy Trebuchet is pure bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if the deck wants it. Bulk rares and commons at this price point don't appreciate, so there's no reason to wait or stock up speculatively; just grab a copy when you're ready to build.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.