Fires of Yavimaya
Enchantment
Creatures you control have haste.
Sacrifice this enchantment: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Online Theme Decks
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3001
Fires of Yavimaya gives your entire team haste the turn it lands — no setup, no conditions, just swing immediately — and that alone justifies the three mana. Commanders like Atarka, World Render and Garth One-Eye are live the moment they hit the battlefield, which is the whole game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render is a seven-mana threat that needs to connect to matter, and Fires of Yavimaya makes that happen the turn she enters rather than giving opponents a full rotation to find an answer. The double-strike trigger on every attacking dragon gets doubled in value when you can swing the turn she lands.
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss rewards attacking with mana-ability creatures, and Fires of Yavimaya lets those creatures swing the same turn they enter — critical when your engine wants to attack immediately to generate value rather than wait a full turn cycle.
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale doubles attack triggers, so every extra attack step is worth more, and Fires of Yavimaya ensures newly cast threats can participate in that math the same turn they arrive.
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Ghired, Conclave Exile populates on attack, meaning the sooner you start swinging the sooner your board snowballs — Fires of Yavimaya collapses the one-turn delay between casting a token and using it as a populate vehicle.
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash produces Treasure when hasted creatures attack, so Fires of Yavimaya is effectively ramp here: every hasted attacker that connects adds a Treasure, turning the enchantment into an engine piece rather than a mere speed bump.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fires of Yavimaya earns its keep — a three-mana enchantment that grants blanket haste and doubles as emergency pump is well-positioned in a format where the gap between casting your commander and attacking with it is a real cost. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but largely irrelevant, displaced by faster and more broken things happening on earlier turns. It's absent from Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely, so Commander and Oathbreaker are the only practical homes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Garth One-EyeDeadeye NavigatorFires of Yavimaya
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite blinking; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite casts of all spells permitted by Garth One-Eye; Infinite colored mana; Infinite copies of a specific artifact; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn; Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand
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Garth One-EyeDisplacer KittenFires of Yavimaya
Infinite colored mana; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Infinite draw triggers for any number of players; Infinite copies of a specific artifact; Infinite casts of all spells created by Garth One-Eye except Shivan Dragon
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Breath of FuryFires of Yavimaya
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite combat damage
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Jaheira, Friend of the ForestAnt QueenPeregrin TookFires of Yavimaya
Infinite ETB; Infinite tapped creature tokens; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite tapped Food tokens
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Terra, Magical Adept // Esper TerraBarbara WrightFires of Yavimaya
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite self-mill
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Pricing data for Fires of Yavimaya isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest figure. It has seen multiple printings over the years, which historically keeps copies accessible at a low price point.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.