Firemane Angel
Creature — Angel
Flying, first strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, if Firemane Angel is in your graveyard or on the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your upkeep.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #18497
Firemane Angel offers a flying, first-strike body that gains you life every turn and threatens a free recursive return from the graveyard — the problem is that seven mana for a 4/4 is a steep ask in any competitive context. It's a casual Commander card through and through: slow, splashy, and punishing only if the game goes long enough to let it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Firemane Angel is a Commander card — full stop. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, a seven-mana 4/4 with no immediate board impact is unplayable regardless of the upside. Commander is where Firemane Angel finds its niche: Angel-tribal lists, Boros life-gain shells, or Kaalia of the Vast decks that bypass the mana cost entirely are the homes where it earns a slot. The graveyard recursion matters most here because Commander games run long enough for it to trigger, and getting a free 4/4 flyer back on your upkeep repeatedly is a real threat against opponents who've already spent removal on it. Oathbreaker is legal but shares Commander's casual context — the same reasoning applies at a smaller table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Firemane Angel is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box at any LGS or bundled into a collection for pennies. There's no financial upside to holding copies; casual demand keeps the floor where it is, but Angel tribal already has cheaper and more efficient options at this price point.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.