Flamekin Spitfire
Creature — Elemental Shaman
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28017
Flamekin Spitfire turns surplus mana into repeatable, targeted damage — pay four to pump, deal one to any target, as many times as you can afford. The activation cost is steep enough that it demands a dedicated mana-generation shell, but in the right deck it converts infinite mana into a direct kill.
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 |
In Commander, Flamekin Spitfire is a win condition, not a utility piece — it closes games with infinite mana and has no role in fair builds. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a three-mana creature with a four-mana activation to see serious play, even with degenerate mana available. Modern can produce the mana to abuse it, but more efficient outlets exist, so Flamekin Spitfire stays on the fringe there too. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: it's a slot for combo players who need a mana sink that doubles as a damage outlet.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Flamekin Spitfire is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not tracking it on a buylist. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new infinite-mana commander drives a spike in targeted interest.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.