Spit Flame
Instant
Spit Flame deals 4 damage to target creature.
Whenever a Dragon you control enters, you may pay 
. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2019 Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4583
Spit Flame deals 4 damage to a creature — enough to kill most utility creatures and small commanders — and in any deck running Dragons, it recurs itself for free every time one enters the battlefield. Atarka, World Render costs six mana and triggers Spit Flame's recursion the moment it hits the table, so the spell effectively never leaves your hand as long as you're casting Dragons.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render is the canonical home: a six-mana Dragon that immediately returns Spit Flame from your graveyard on cast, meaning the spell cycles back every single turn you're playing Dragons. Nearly half of all Atarka decks run it for exactly this reason — it's repeatable removal that costs nothing extra once the engine is running.
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Lathliss, Dragon Queen generates a token Dragon every time a nontoken Dragon enters, which means each Dragon you cast can both trigger Spit Flame's recursion and produce another body to keep the chain going. That self-reinforcing loop makes Spit Flame a permanent fixture in the 99 rather than a one-shot spell.
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients cares about dealing damage to itself and pumping out Dragon Spirit tokens, and Spit Flame plugs in as a removal spell that comes back whenever any Dragon — including those tokens, if they die and trigger other effects — enters the battlefield. The card stays relevant throughout the game in a way that single-use burn simply doesn't.
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
Ganax, Astral Hunter generates Treasure when Dragons enter, which means the mana cost of recasting Spit Flame frequently pays for itself. The treasure-to-recursion loop makes Spit Flame unusually mana-efficient in this shell.
Ureni of the Unwritten
Ureni of the Unwritten cheats large creatures into play, and each one that lands is another free return trigger for Spit Flame. At nearly 18,000 decks, Ureni represents the widest audience for this card — any spell that stays perpetually live against a board full of large threats earns its slot.
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 |
Spit Flame is a Commander card through and through — its recursion clause is nearly worthless outside a dedicated Dragon shell, and in singleton formats running 20-plus Dragons, it transforms from a one-time four-damage spell into a permanent board-control piece. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but sees no meaningful play: four mana for 4 damage is well below rate in those formats, and assembling a Dragon density that makes the recursion reliable isn't a realistic game plan when faster decks exist. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it could occasionally appear in a Dragon-themed build, but the card pool and pace don't reward it the way a 100-card Dragon tribal deck does.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Spit Flame isn't currently available in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures before buying. It's a narrow tribal card with a loyal audience in Dragon decks, so supply tends to be modest — don't be surprised if copies run slightly above bulk.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Atarka, World Render
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen
- Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
- Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
- Ureni of the Unwritten
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.