Koth, Fire of Resistance
Legendary Planeswalker — Koth
+2: Search your library for a basic Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
−3: Koth deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control.
−7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a Mountain you control enters, this emblem deals 4 damage to any target."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos
- Price
- $0.70
- EDHREC rank
- #3908
Koth, Fire of Resistance enters at four mana and immediately starts churning out Mountains and threatening an emblem that turns every Mountain into a Shock on a stick — that's a lot of pressure for a planeswalker that often survives past the first rotation. Solphim, Mayhem Dominus doubles each of those triggered pings, which means the emblem stops being a nuisance and starts being a clock.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus doubles noncombat damage, so every Mountain trigger from the Koth, Fire of Resistance emblem deals 4 instead of 2 — a political headache becomes a kill condition.
Ashling the Pilgrim
Koth, Fire of Resistance ramps out extra Mountains to fuel Ashling the Pilgrim's counter-stacking ability and keeps the land count high enough to rebuild after Ashling wipes the board.
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence cares about taking damage in odd quantities, and the emblem from Koth, Fire of Resistance generates a repeatable stream of self-pinging triggers that feed her counter accumulation every turn.
Norin the Wary
Norin the Wary decks want a steady Mountain base for cards like Valakut interactions, and Koth, Fire of Resistance provides both the land acceleration and a late-game win condition that doesn't need Norin on board.
Clive, Ifrit's Dominant
Clive, Ifrit's Dominant rewards stacking Mountains and dealing fire damage, making Koth, Fire of Resistance a natural fit that simultaneously ramps the land count and threatens an emblem that syncs with Clive's damage-based payoffs.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Koth, Fire of Resistance is a legitimate role-player in any mono-red deck that wants ramp and a late-game mana sink — four mana for a planeswalker that accelerates your land drops and threatens an emblem is a solid rate in a format where games go long. Competitive red decks in Legacy and Vintage have faster, more reliable threats and no interest in a four-mana planeswalker, so Koth, Fire of Resistance doesn't see meaningful play there. Modern and Pioneer mono-red aggro strategies similarly pass — they're closing games before the emblem ever matters. Oathbreaker is probably the format where Koth, Fire of Resistance gets closest to an actual build-around slot, where Mountain-heavy signatures can trigger the emblem repeatedly from the command zone area.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.70 bulk tier
At $0.70, Koth, Fire of Resistance is deep bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought for any mono-red Commander build that can use it. Bulk mythics at this price don't tend to spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype hard, so grab it for the utility and don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
- Ashling the Pilgrim
- Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
- Norin the Wary
- Clive, Ifrit's Dominant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.