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Soulbright Flamekin

Creature — Elemental Shaman

{2}: Target creature gains trample until end of turn. If this is the third time this ability has resolved this turn, you may add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Lorwyn
Price
$0.24
EDHREC rank
#7348
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Soulbright Flamekin card art
Soulbright Flamekin hands you an repeatable way to pump a creature's power by 3 and grant trample — twice per activation cycle — and the real payoff is the eighth-activation trigger that untaps all your lands and dumps eight mana into your pool. The cost is that this only matters if you can activate it repeatedly in a single turn, which is exactly what Agatha of the Vile Cauldron enables by spreading the ability across multiple creatures.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

84.7% of decks · synergy 0.83

Agatha of the Vile Cauldron exiles Soulbright Flamekin to put its activated ability on every creature with a +1/+1 counter — suddenly any countered-up creature can chain activations toward the eight-mana untap, turning Agatha's counter-stacking into an explosive mana engine.

02
Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Zirda, the Dawnwaker

46.6% of decks · synergy 0.46

Zirda, the Dawnwaker cuts the activation cost on Soulbright Flamekin's ability, making each pump cheaper and letting you reach the eight-activation threshold in a single turn without committing a full hand's worth of mana.

03
Ashling the Pilgrim

Ashling the Pilgrim

36.4% of decks · synergy 0.34

Ashling the Pilgrim wants the power-pump from Soulbright Flamekin to grow her own +1/+1 counters faster, and the massive mana burst from hitting eight activations pays for her sacrifice trigger to wipe the board.

05
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief

23.3% of decks · synergy 0.22

Redshift, Rocketeer Chief cares about creatures with activated abilities, so Soulbright Flamekin slots in as both a synergy piece and a genuine mana accelerant once you chain enough activations.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Soulbright Flamekin sees virtually no play in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, or Pauper — the formats where it's legal — because the activation cost is too steep and the payoff too slow for a 60-card environment. Commander is its home, and specifically Agatha of the Vile Cauldron decks: the ability spreads to other creatures, the combo is repeatable, and the eight-mana untap trigger generates the kind of explosive mid-game turn that wins pods. Outside of Agatha, Soulbright Flamekin is a fringe include in Elemental-tribal or cost-reduction builds.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.24 bulk tier

At $0.24, Soulbright Flamekin is pure bulk — it costs you nothing to throw in a deck and nothing to cut if the combo stops mattering to you. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is deep; don't expect movement in either direction.

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