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Rite of Flame

Sorcery

Add {R}{R}, then add {R} for each card named Rite of Flame in each graveyard.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Coldsnap
Price
$5.46
EDHREC rank
#684
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Rite of Flame card art
Rite of Flame is a one-mana ritual that scales with graveyard copies, making it the preferred burst-mana spell in storm and cEDH shells that need to chain spells fast. Decks like Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept run it because a single red mana that converts to two or three mid-chain is exactly what zero-cost commanders need to go off on turn two.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern banned
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Rite of Flame is banned in Modern, where its ability to fuel storm counts and accelerate into broken openers proved too consistent at too low a cost. Legacy and Vintage tolerate it because those formats have enough free interaction to punish a telegraphed storm turn, and the power ceiling is already high enough that one ritual doesn't warp the metagame. Commander gives Rite of Flame a pass for the same structural reasons Legacy does — the singleton rule means you can't stack four copies, and four opponents' worth of interaction makes a solo ritual less reliable as a win condition on its own. In Pauper it's legal and sees play in the same burst-mana roles, kept honest by the format's cheap removal density.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rograkh, Son of RohgahhSilas Renn, Seeker Adept

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

88.4% of decks · synergy 0.82

Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh // Silas Renn, Seeker Adept costs zero, so Rite of Flame effectively becomes the first spell in a storm chain that needs only red mana to ignite — nearly 89% of these decks include it for exactly that reason.

02
Dargo, the ShipwreckerTymna the Weaver

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver

80.6% of decks · synergy 0.78

Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tymna the Weaver wants cheap artifacts and spells sacrificed to reduce Dargo's cost, and Rite of Flame slots into that sacrifice-and-storm line while leaving mana up to recast the commander the same turn.

03
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed NavigatorVial Smasher the Fierce

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce

64.1% of decks · synergy 0.58

Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator // Vial Smasher the Fierce runs a spells-matter storm package in Grixis, and Rite of Flame is one of the cheapest ways to add a spell to the chain while generating net mana toward an Aetherflux Reservoir finish.

04
Krark, the ThumblessSakashima of a Thousand Faces

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

64.0% of decks · synergy 0.54

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces flips spells back to hand repeatedly, so Rite of Flame cast under Krark can return to hand and cast again, snowballing both storm count and mana without any additional setup.

05

Ral, Monsoon Mage

61.3% of decks · synergy 0.51

Ral, Monsoon Mage triggers on each instant and sorcery cast, and Rite of Flame is one of the densest spell-count-per-mana-spent options available — each copy accelerates both Ral's flip condition and the mana needed to cast spells afterward.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Rite of Flame sits in a narrow category — scaling rituals that get better mid-chain — and there's no direct budget replacement that replicates the graveyard-count rider. Pyretic Ritual and Desperate Ritual are the closest substitutes at under $1 each: both produce three red mana for one, but they're flat and don't scale, so they're worse in storm decks where later copies of Rite of Flame would net two or three mana instead of one.

Price Context

Current price

$5.46 mid tier

At $5.46, Rite of Flame sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that it belongs in any serious red storm build without much deliberation. Demand is narrow but stable, concentrated in cEDH and storm Commander shells, so the price is unlikely to move dramatically without a reprint.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.