Flaring Cinder
Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
When this creature enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #19159
Flaring Cinder deals 1 damage to each creature and each player every upkeep — at the cost of 1 life per trigger — and in Ashling, Rekindled that life payment fuels the engine rather than draining it. Bulk rare, real board presence.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ashling, Rekindled
Ashling, Rekindled cares about noncombat damage sources, and Flaring Cinder delivers a recurring ping every upkeep that counts toward her triggers — making it a redundant, low-cost engine piece rather than a one-shot effect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Flaring Cinder occupies a niche slot in damage-matters decks, particularly those that want persistent, low-to-the-ground chip damage across all opponents each turn cycle. Constructed formats have no real use for it — Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy all demand more efficient threats, and one damage per upkeep at the cost of 1 life doesn't clear the bar in 1v1 environments. Pauper is where Flaring Cinder is technically legal but functionally too slow and symmetrical to matter competitively. Commander is its home, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Flaring Cinder is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or as a throw-in. That price isn't going anywhere; it's a narrow, older card with one real home.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ashling, Rekindled
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.