Sisters of the Flame
Creature — Human Shaman
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21708
Sisters of the Flame is a two-mana mana dork that taps for one red, which is a fine rate in formats that run out of options fast — but in Commander, where the bar for a three-mana artifact is Sol Ring and the bar for a two-mana creature is Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, Sisters of the Flame rarely makes the cut. It belongs in dedicated Wizard tribal builds or any shell that explicitly rewards creature-based mana production; everywhere else, there's a better option at the same cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sisters of the Flame is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. Pauper is where it has the most realistic claim to a slot — the format's creature-based ramp options are limited, and a consistent source of red mana on a body matters more when your other options are Elvish Mystic variants that don't produce red. In Commander, Sisters of the Flame is strictly a tribal or synergy inclusion; the format's power ceiling is high enough that a vanilla tap-for-one-mana effect needs to do double duty as a Wizard or combo piece to justify the slot. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the formats move too fast and run too many broken mana accelerants for Sisters of the Flame to see meaningful play.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Sisters of the Flame isn't currently available, but as a decades-old reprint with narrow appeal it typically sits in bulk-rare or near-bulk territory — expect to pay under a dollar, often well under. If you need it for a Wizard tribal build, pick it up without hesitation; it won't break a budget.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.