Geistflame
Instant
Geistflame deals 1 damage to any target.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #15811
Geistflame deals 1 damage to any target for one mana — unremarkable on its own, but the flashback means it deals that 1 damage twice, which is the entire point. In Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph, every instance of exactly 1 damage becomes 3, so two casts off one card translate to 6 damage for two mana spread across anything you need to kill.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph converts each 1-damage ping into 3, so Geistflame's two casts — one from hand, one from flashback — become six total damage targeting whatever you need dead, all for two mana and one card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Geistflame is a niche role-player: outside of Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph and a handful of ping-matters builds, dealing 1 damage twice doesn't move the needle at a 40-life table. In Pauper, where commons do real work and flashback provides genuine two-for-one value, Geistflame is still too low-impact — burn spells that deal 3 for one mana set the baseline, and Geistflame doesn't clear that bar. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but unplayed; the formats are too fast and the damage too small. The card has one home, and that home is Ghyrson Starn.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Geistflame is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't appreciate, so this is a pickup card, not a hold.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.