Firefist Adept
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of Wizards you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #23226
Firefist Adept taps a creature and prevents it from blocking — repeatable, on a body, no mana required to activate after it enters. The cost is a five-mana 3/3 with no immediate board impact, which is a steep ask in any powered environment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Firefist Adept is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no play in the competitive tiers of any of them — five mana for a tap effect is too slow where interaction is cheap and efficient. In Commander it has the most plausible home, specifically in aggressive creature strategies that need to punch through blockers repeatedly without spending extra mana each turn. Outside of Commander, the formats that could theoretically run it have far better options at lower costs, so Firefist Adept stays on the bulk shelf.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Firefist Adept is deep bulk — you're not buying it, you're finding it in a draft chaff pile. There's no pressure to acquire it and no expectation that demand ever moves this price meaningfully.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.