The Fire Nation Drill
Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Trample
When The Fire Nation Drill enters, you may tap it. When you do, destroy target creature with power 4 or less.
: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Crew 2
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #9278
The Fire Nation Drill hits the battlefield and immediately starts excavating — its self-mill and vehicle recursion package make it a legitimate engine piece, not just a thematic include. Greasefang, Okiba Boss is the clearest proof of concept: the Drill feeds the graveyard and puts a crewable vehicle in reach, all on a card that costs almost nothing to acquire.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Greasefang, Okiba Boss runs The Fire Nation Drill because it mills vehicles directly into the graveyard, setting up an immediate Greasefang trigger to crew and swing — the Drill is doing the exact job Greasefang needs done.
Dr. Eggman
Dr. Eggman wants artifacts in the graveyard and on the board, and The Fire Nation Drill delivers both — it mills, it's a vehicle itself, and it feeds whatever recursion or artifact-matters payoff Eggman is running.
Ozai, the Phoenix King
Ozai, the Phoenix King rewards aggressive, self-enabling artifact play, and The Fire Nation Drill's combination of self-mill and vehicle identity lines up cleanly with Ozai's graveyard-fueled fire-nation synergies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, The Fire Nation Drill earns its slot in any deck that wants vehicles in the graveyard or cares about self-mill — the floor is a crewable artifact, the ceiling is a free recursion engine. Competitive constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have faster, more redundant graveyard setups, so the Drill is a fringe consideration at best outside of dedicated vehicle builds. Standard offers the most interesting home if a vehicle-focused shell emerges, since the power level relative to available tools is higher there. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it — the power bar sits too far above what a three-mana vehicle does. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: slot it if your planeswalker cares about the yard or vehicles.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, The Fire Nation Drill sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not card power. Bulk rares rarely recover without a competitive breakout, so treat it as a cheap enabler to grab for your Greasefang pile and nothing more.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.