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Skyfire Phoenix

Creature — Phoenix

Flying, haste
When you cast your commander, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2019
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#12047
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Skyfire Phoenix card art
Skyfire Phoenix is a recursive 3/2 flier that returns from the graveyard whenever you cast a Phoenix — an engine piece that snowballs hard once two or three Phoenixes are in the bin. In Syrix, Carrier of the Flame lists it's nearly mandatory, and compared to something like Squee, the Immortal, the payoff scales with your board rather than just eating a card slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Syrix, Carrier of the Flame

Syrix, Carrier of the Flame

94.3% of decks · synergy 0.93

Syrix, Carrier of the Flame appears in over 94% of Syrix decks alongside Skyfire Phoenix because Syrix triggers damage on every Phoenix cast, and Skyfire Phoenix's recursion engine means you're casting Phoenixes repeatedly — stacking those triggers turn after turn until opponents run out of life.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Skyfire Phoenix actually lives — the 99-card singleton format gives you enough Phoenixes to chain the recursion reliably, and Syrix, Carrier of the Flame turns every resurrection into a damage trigger. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with faster, more resilient threats and sees no meaningful play. Skyfire Phoenix is locked out of Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely, so if you're building outside Commander or Oathbreaker, it's not an option.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Skyfire Phoenix sits firmly in bulk territory — you're picking it up as a role-player, not a speculation target. It holds that floor comfortably as long as Syrix, Carrier of the Flame remains a popular Commander build, but don't expect the price to move in either direction.

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