The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin
Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Human Noble
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Destroy all creatures.
II — Choose a card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for up to four cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $2.11
- EDHREC rank
- #7334
The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin lands as a four-mana enchantment that generates an emblem-like saga effect before flipping into a legendary creature with a built-in damage payoff — the back half, Fire Lord Sozin, does real work whenever your creatures deal combat damage to players. Ozai, the Phoenix King is the primary home, where the card functions both as a thematic piece and a redundant engine for punishing opponents who take hits.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ozai, the Phoenix King
Ozai, the Phoenix King is the natural home — The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin's saga advances the fire-nation gameplan and Fire Lord Sozin's combat damage trigger stacks directly with Ozai's own punishment effects, turning every attacking creature into a value source.
Fire Lord Zuko
Fire Lord Zuko decks run The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin primarily for the back-half creature, whose combat damage triggers pair cleanly with Zuko's Voltron or aristocrats-adjacent lines that reward pressuring multiple opponents.
Fire Lord Azula
Fire Lord Azula's wide token strategy makes the Fire Lord Sozin creature a natural fit — more attacking creatures means more triggers, and The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin slots in as a supporting legendary that keeps the pressure on across the table.
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 |
Commander is where The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin lives — the saga-into-creature structure is built for a 40-life multiplayer game where you have time to flip it and swing with a board. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Standard, the four-mana front half is too slow and the back-half payoff too conditional to compete with dedicated aggro or midrange threats. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; no competitive list there needs this effect. Oathbreaker is a plausible secondary home if your planeswalker synergizes with the fire-nation theme.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.11 cheap tier
At $2.11, The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin sits comfortably in the cheap tier — reasonable for a build-around saga with a double-faced payoff. It's a niche card tied to a specific IP and commander cluster, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully unless Ozai or Zuko decks surge in popularity.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.