Renegade Firebrand
Creature — Human Warrior
As long as you control a Chandra planeswalker, this creature gets +1/+0 and has first strike. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26647
Renegade Firebrand is a 2/2 haste creature that exists almost entirely to enable Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh's flip condition — deal three damage with Chandra spells and creatures, and this is one of the cheapest ways to pad that count on the turn she enters. Outside of that specific shell, a vanilla 2/2 haste for two red has no competitive home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Renegade Firebrand is one of the dedicated pieces for Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh decks that want to flip her fast — its haste means it swings the same turn it lands, contributing immediately to the three-damage threshold that transforms Chandra into a planeswalker.
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 |
Renegade Firebrand is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth is misleading. In competitive Constructed formats, a 2/2 haste for two with no relevant text beyond a tribal tag doesn't clear the bar — red two-drops in Modern and Pioneer are expected to threaten the game on their own. Commander is its only real habitat, and even there it's a narrow inclusion limited to Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh lists that specifically want cheap creatures to accelerate her flip. Anywhere else, it's a blank.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Renegade Firebrand is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. Demand is narrow enough that there's no upward pressure here; it sits in Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh decks and nowhere else.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.