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The Last Agni Kai

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Target creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. If the creature the opponent controls is dealt excess damage this way, add that much {R}.
Until end of turn, you don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Price
$2.65
EDHREC rank
#2661
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The Last Agni Kai card art
The Last Agni Kai deals damage equal to a creature's power to another creature, then does it again — and in Ozai, the Phoenix King decks, Sozin's Comet turns that into a board-clearing, game-ending sequence for four mana. It's a fight spell with a built-in encore, and the ceiling is high enough that you run it wherever the color allows.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ozai, the Phoenix King

Ozai, the Phoenix King

74.7% of decks · synergy 0.70

Ozai, the Phoenix King is the natural home — his ability to copy spells and reward noncombat damage means The Last Agni Kai frequently hits twice and then gets copied, wiping boards and closing games in the same turn.

02
Fire Lord Zuko

Fire Lord Zuko

59.2% of decks · synergy 0.55

Fire Lord Zuko wants spells that punch above their mana cost, and The Last Agni Kai's double trigger gives him two instances of damage to leverage for counters, draw, or triggered abilities stapled to his gameplan.

03
Fire Lord Azula

Fire Lord Azula

47.0% of decks · synergy 0.39

Fire Lord Azula's shell rewards pinging and controlled damage outputs, and The Last Agni Kai fits cleanly as removal that also feeds her damage-based synergies — nearly half of all Azula decks run it for exactly that reason.

04
Neyith of the Dire Hunt

Neyith of the Dire Hunt

32.0% of decks · synergy 0.29

Neyith of the Dire Hunt draws a card whenever a creature you control fights, making The Last Agni Kai a two-for-one removal spell that replaces itself twice if both triggers resolve against opposing creatures.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where The Last Agni Kai earns its keep — the double-damage trigger scales with the large creatures that populate multiplayer tables, and the Avatar: The Last Airbender commander precons give it a natural tribal home. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's a four-mana sorcery-speed removal spell, which is simply too slow to see competitive play. Legacy and Vintage have more efficient options at every point on the curve, so The Last Agni Kai stays a Commander card in practice even where it's technically legal.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$2.65 cheap tier

At $2.65, The Last Agni Kai sits in comfortable budget territory — cheap enough to include without deliberation in any deck that wants it. Demand is almost entirely Commander-driven, so price stability tracks with the Avatar precon's continued popularity rather than any competitive format pressure.

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