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Ignition Team

Creature — Goblin Warrior

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of tapped lands on the battlefield.
{2}{R}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target land becomes a 4/4 red Elemental creature until end of turn. It's still a land.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{5}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Conspiracy
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#21401
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Ignition Team card art
Ignition Team enters with a power and toughness equal to the total number of tapped lands across all battlefields — in a four-player Commander game, that number routinely hits double digits on the turn you cast it. The seven-mana price tag is steep, but Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight and similar untap-matters commanders can exploit the landfall-style payoff text to close games the same turn it arrives.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Ignition Team is a Commander card through and through — the tapped-lands mechanic scales directly with the number of opponents, and four-player tables routinely produce a 20/20 or larger on the turn it enters. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but completely unplayed; seven mana and a conditional body don't compete with those formats' threats and answers. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it sees fringe play, since the two-player cap keeps the body smaller but the 40-life total gives you more time to develop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightThermopodIgnition Team

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightThermopodIgnition Team

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite red mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightCarrion FeederIgnition Team

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightCarrion FeederIgnition Team

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Ignition Team sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk rares with narrow conditions tend to stay here unless a synergy commander breaks out and drives demand, so don't expect the price to move without a push from a new or popular commander pairing.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.