Fire Sages
Creature — Human Cleric
Firebending 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, add 
. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #9535
Fire Sages enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself with a card draw trigger, making its floor a cantrip attached to a body. In Ozai, the Phoenix King decks, that body is the point — repeated sacrifice and recursion loops mean the draw trigger fires over and over, not once.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ozai, the Phoenix King
Ozai, the Phoenix King wants creatures to sacrifice and recur repeatedly, and Fire Sages turns every death loop into a draw engine — 44% of Ozai decks run it for exactly that reason.
Electro, Assaulting Battery
Electro, Assaulting Battery rewards stacking small creatures and triggering on-play effects, so Fire Sages slots in as a cheap, replaceable body that refuels your hand every time it hits the battlefield.
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 |
Fire Sages is legal across every major Constructed format, but competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern have no interest in a two-mana 1/1 that draws a single card — the bar for that rate is brutally high when Snapcaster Mage and Murktide Regent exist. Pioneer and Standard are more forgiving, but Fire Sages needs a sacrifice or recursion shell to justify the slot; without repeated triggers, it's a mediocre body with a one-shot upside. Commander is where it earns a home — in graveyard and aristocrats lists, Fire Sages is a value engine rather than a one-time effect, and the 100-card singleton format means you're actively looking for every repeatable draw source you can find.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Fire Sages is deep bulk — a safe pickup if you're building the archetype, with no meaningful financial risk. Bulk rares with narrow synergy homes rarely climb unless the commander driving them spikes in popularity, so treat this as a pure role-player acquisition rather than a hold.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.