Prophetic Flamespeaker
Creature — Human Shaman
Double strike, trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #16737
Prophetic Flamespeaker doubles your spell output the turn it connects — every hit exiles the top card of your library and lets you cast it for free, stacking card advantage directly onto combat damage. The cost is a three-mana 1/1 that dies to a stiff breeze before it ever swings.
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, Prophetic Flamespeaker wants a dedicated shell — either a Voltron setup that guarantees trample and evasion, or a token-copy engine like Feather or Zada that makes every combat step a card-advantage avalanche. In Pioneer and Modern it never found a home, because a 1/1 for three that requires double strike, trample, and an unblocked attack to generate value is too fragile and too slow against interactive decks. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; the format ceiling is too high for a creature this condition-dependent. Commander is the only format where Prophetic Flamespeaker earns its slot, and only in the right deck.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Prophetic Flamespeaker is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bargain bin. The price reflects its narrow fit: outside the specific Commander shells that actually enable it, demand is low and unlikely to push this above bulk territory.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.