Flick a Coin
Instant
Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #3652
Flick a Coin deals 1 damage and creates a Treasure — cheap enough to chain, and when Zada, Hedron Grinder copies it to every creature you control, that 1 damage and that Treasure multiply into a board-wide burst of resources. Run it in any red deck that cares about cheap instants or Treasure production; skip it everywhere else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada, Hedron Grinder is the reason Flick a Coin exists in Commander — casting it with Zada on board copies it to every creature you control, turning a one-mana spell into a storm-scale flood of Treasures and damage that can close games outright.
Zevlor, Elturel Exile
Zevlor, Elturel Exile copies Flick a Coin to each opponent, and at one mana you're getting deal-1-and-a-Treasure aimed at every player across the table for almost nothing.
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might replaces that 1 damage with Axonil's power whenever a red source you control deals less, so Flick a Coin becomes a cheap, repeatable ping that punches well above its mana cost.
Tor Wauki the Younger
Tor Wauki the Younger triggers off instants and sorceries to deal 2 damage, meaning Flick a Coin becomes a one-mana removal spell stapled to a Treasure — exactly the kind of cheap cantrip-adjacent spell Tor Wauki the Younger wants to chain.
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph converts every instance of 1 damage into 3, so the incidental ping on Flick a Coin stops being negligible and starts threatening creatures and players on a meaningful timeline.
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 |
Flick a Coin is legal across every major format but sees meaningful play in almost none of them outside Commander. In competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, a one-mana spell that deals 1 and makes a Treasure doesn't clear the bar — you need interaction or card advantage, and Flick a Coin delivers neither on its own. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where bulk commons can sneak into niche lists, but Treasure production at common is constrained enough that the card still doesn't have a home there. Commander is where Flick a Coin actually lives: the copy-spell synergy density in that format, led by Zada, Hedron Grinder and Zevlor, Elturel Exile, transforms a weak standalone into a high-ceiling piece of an engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Flick a Coin is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and belongs in that tier permanently given how format-specific its appeal is. Don't expect the price to move unless a new copy-spell commander breaks out and drives demand, but as a pickup for the decks that want it, the financial risk is essentially zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zada, Hedron Grinder
- Zevlor, Elturel Exile
- Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
- Tor Wauki the Younger
- Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.