Rekindled Flame
Sorcery
Rekindled Flame deals 4 damage to any target.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent has no cards in hand, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #28644
Rekindled Flame deals damage equal to the highest converted mana cost among permanents you control — a number that scales hard in Commander — and if it finishes off a creature, you get it back next upkeep. The buyback condition is the real hook: four mana is steep for a sorcery, but recurring reach that punishes high-CMC pods earns its slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Rekindled Flame earns its keep — high-CMC permanents are everywhere, and damage scaled to a five or six-drop hits hard enough to matter. The recursion clause is gravy: in a format full of creatures worth killing, you'll frequently satisfy it and threaten to do it all again. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically legal but competes against hyper-efficient removal and combo engines that don't care about your biggest permanent's mana cost — it doesn't make the cut there. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's dynamic at a smaller scale, and if your oathbreaker is a high-CMC threat, the damage floor rises accordingly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Rekindled Flame is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the effect fits your deck. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless they find a breakout commander pairing, so treat it as a cheap role-player, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.