Flame-Kin War Scout
Creature — Elemental Scout
When another creature enters, sacrifice this creature. If you do, this creature deals 4 damage to that creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30604
Flame-Kin War Scout is a 4/1 for four mana that bounces itself to hand whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control — a built-in reset that enables repeated enters-the-battlefield abuse in the right shell. Outside of dedicated flicker or token-storm lists that can weaponize the bounce, it's too slow and fragile to earn its slot.
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 |
Flame-Kin War Scout is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through. In Commander, the 100-card singleton format rewards engines over raw power, and the Scout's self-bounce loop has real homes in Purphoros or Norin lists that want cheap, repeatable ETB triggers. In Legacy and Vintage, a 4/1 for four with no immediate board impact is simply outclassed — those formats demand threats that win on the spot or protect themselves, and Flame-Kin War Scout does neither. Modern has faster, more redundant ETB loops that don't rely on a fragile 4/1, so it doesn't make the cut there either. Stick to Commander, where the slow-burn value of repeated bounces actually has time to pay off.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Flame-Kin War Scout is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy individually. That price is unlikely to move; the card sees narrow play and has no crossover appeal outside dedicated ETB loops, so there's no demand pressure pushing it higher.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.