Firesong and Sunspeaker
Legendary Creature — Minotaur Cleric
Red instant and sorcery spells you control have lifelink.
Whenever a white instant or sorcery spell causes you to gain life, Firesong and Sunspeaker deals 3 damage to target creature or player.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Multiverse Legends
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11214
Firesong and Sunspeaker turns every red instant and sorcery into a lifegain trigger and every white lifegain spell into a Lightning Bolt — on a single six-mana body that generates value the moment it touches the battlefield. Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot runs it because the life-to-damage conversion stacks directly with her exact-damage payoffs, creating a feedback loop that closes games from pure spell sequencing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot's ability to reward precise damage values meshes directly with Firesong and Sunspeaker's guaranteed 3-damage triggers, letting a single burn spell simultaneously advance Taii's board condition and close in on lethal through the lifegain-to-Lightning Bolt chain.
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 |
Firesong and Sunspeaker is a Commander card in practice — six mana is too slow and too parasitic for the spell-dense, lower-curve environments of Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, where a 4/6 that requires further spell investment just dies to removal before generating value. In Commander, the calculus flips entirely: multiplayer life totals mean the incidental life swings add up, the card advantage from recurring burn-triggers compounds over a long game, and Boros finally has a reason to cast Flame Rift into a crowd. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card-adjacent format where Firesong and Sunspeaker earns a look, provided your signature spell is a red instant that hits multiple opponents.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Firesong and Sunspeaker isn't available here — check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the live number. Historically it has floated in the low-to-mid single digits given its narrow but devoted Commander audience, so it's rarely a painful pickup for the decks that genuinely want it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.