Is Frenetic Efreet good in Commander?

Frenetic Efreet in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Frenetic Efreet turns an unlimited number of free coin flips into a kill condition — pair it with Tavern Scoundrel or Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom and you can close a game on the spot with zero mana invested after the Efreet hits the board. The cost is variance: you're betting on probability, and a run of tails ends the engine immediately.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom

45.5% of decks · synergy 0.44

Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom is the deck Frenetic Efreet was made for — Okaun doubles in power for every flip, Zndrsplt draws a card for every flip, and the Efreet supplies both with an arbitrarily large number of flips in a single activation window.

02

Yusri, Fortune's Flame

25.7% of decks · synergy 0.24

Yusri, Fortune's Flame rewards flipping coins with free spells and life loss to opponents, so Frenetic Efreet's zero-cost flip loop can chain into a cascade of card advantage and damage that ends the game before anyone untaps.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	not legal
pioneer	not legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Frenetic Efreet belongs — the format's coin-flip tribal commanders turn it from a quirky 2/1 flier into a deterministic combo piece. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has never found a home; a 2/1 with a risky blink ability doesn't compete in those formats without a dedicated coin-flip payoff structure that doesn't exist outside Commander shells. Oathbreaker can theoretically support a coin-flip build, but the 20-life starting total and faster games mean the setup window is narrower. Frenetic Efreet is a Commander card, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

6,072 decks

Frenetic EfreetTavern Scoundrel

Infinite colored mana; Infinite Treasure tokens

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5,494 decks

Frenetic EfreetChance Encounter

Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep

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3,423 decks

Okaun, Eye of ChaosFrenetic EfreetChandra's Ignition

Infinite damage

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2,036 decks

Okaun, Eye of ChaosFrenetic EfreetFling

Target player loses the game

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1,200 decks

Frenetic EfreetZndrsplt, Eye of WisdomLaboratory Maniac

Win the game

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Price Context

Current price

$2.03 cheap tier

At $2.03, Frenetic Efreet sits at the cheap end of the combo-piece spectrum, which is surprising given how central it is to coin-flip Commander builds. Demand is niche enough to keep the price low, but any reprint in a precon or Commander set could push it toward bulk — buy it if you need it, don't hold extras expecting appreciation.