Inner-Flame Igniter
Creature — Elemental Warrior
: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25317
Inner-Flame Igniter gives your whole attacking team +1/+0 and first strike for a single red mana at instant speed — in a token or wide-board deck, that's a combat trick that punishes blocks across the board, not just one creature. The three-mana body is the cost you pay, and it's barely a cost at all.
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, Inner-Flame Igniter belongs in any deck that goes wide with creatures — Goblin tribal, token strategies, and aggressive red decks all want the ability to swing into a stalled board and first strike through blockers on demand. Pauper is where Inner-Flame Igniter sees its most competitive daylight, since the common card pool makes repeatable combat tricks on a body harder to find. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's simply outclassed — formats with efficient removal and faster win conditions don't have room for a three-mana 2/2 whose effect only matters in combat.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Inner-Flame Igniter is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'd bother ordering it. That price is stable by definition; there's no version of this card that spikes.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.