Fire Sprites
Creature — Faerie
Flying
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $0.51
- EDHREC rank
- #30112
Fire Sprites is a 1/1 flying green creature for two mana — the floor for competitive play, and this doesn't clear it. There is no shell in 2024 Magic that wants a vanilla 1/1 flyer at two mana in green, full stop.
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 |
Fire Sprites is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, green has no shortage of better two-drop options — anything that ramps, draws, or generates tokens outclasses a 1/1 with flying. Pauper is the only format where commons matter on principle, but even there Fire Sprites competes against efficient blue flyers and aggressive one-drops that make a 1/1 body irrelevant. Legacy and Vintage are non-conversations.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.51 bulk tier
At $0.51, Fire Sprites sits at the high end of bulk — you're paying a small premium over true bulk filler for a card that sees no competitive demand. The price reflects collector or casual novelty, not utility, and there's no reason to expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.