Flameblade Adept
Creature — Jackal Warrior
Menace
Whenever you cycle or discard a card, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #18623
Flameblade Adept is a one-mana threat that snowballs in any deck built around discarding — each discard trigger stacks menace and +1/+0, turning it into a legitimate combat finisher by mid-game. The payoff is real, but it demands a dedicated discard shell to be worth a slot.
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 |
Flameblade Adept is a Commander card — full stop. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, dedicated discard shells exist but run faster, higher-impact threats that make a fragile one-drop with a conditional upside hard to justify. Legacy has Hollow One and Burning Inquiry doing more broken things with discard at the same speed. In Commander, the card finds its best home in decks built around discard as a recurring mechanic, where the menace and power accumulate over several turns into a legitimate blocker or attacker opponents can't easily ignore. It won't carry a game alone, but in the right 99 it punishes anyone who lets it sit unanswered.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Flameblade Adept is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or bulk bin without thinking twice. It's unlikely to appreciate meaningfully unless a new discard-centric commander sends demand spiking, so buy it when you need it and don't overthink the acquisition.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.