Flame Elemental
Creature — Elemental
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, Sacrifice this creature: It deals damage equal to its power to target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30459
Flame Elemental is a 3/1 with first strike for three mana — stats that were marginal at release and are outright unplayable by modern standards. Nearly every red deck can find a more impactful three-drop that doesn't fold to a stiff breeze.
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 |
Flame Elemental is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Commander, a 3/1 first striker with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no synergy text, and no utility beyond vanilla combat is simply below the power floor — 99-card decks can't afford slots this thin. Legacy and Vintage have access to the most efficient creatures ever printed, and Flame Elemental doesn't compete. Oathbreaker operates at a lower power ceiling than Commander on average, but even there the card offers nothing a better red common can't do for the same cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Flame Elemental sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box, not a deck slot. That price reflects real demand, and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.