Hungry Flames
Instant
Hungry Flames deals 3 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21031
Hungry Flames deals 3 damage to a creature and 2 to an opponent — two-for-one impact on a single spell, no setup required. At three mana in red, it's efficient enough for Pauper, too slow for most competitive formats, and a strict upgrade over pure burn spells whenever the life total matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hungry Flames sits in the middle of the pack — 3 damage rarely kills anything with a power level above kitchen table, and the 2 damage to a face rarely closes a 40-life game. Pauper is where Hungry Flames earns real consideration, since the common card pool keeps creature toughness low enough that 3 damage is often lethal and the incidental face damage adds up. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have cheaper, more flexible removal that makes Hungry Flames uncompetitive in those queues. Oathbreaker splits the difference: the 20-life total makes the face damage more meaningful, but the power level of the format typically demands targeted removal with fewer restrictions.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Hungry Flames is deep bulk — you're not paying for it so much as finding it in a common box. That price is stable by definition; bulk commons don't trend up unless a competitive format adopts them, and nothing in the current metagame suggests that's coming for Hungry Flames.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.