Truefire Captain
Creature — Human Knight
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target player.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #12276
Truefire Captain turns damage to itself into damage to opponents — pair it with Blazing Sunsteel and any pump effect and you have a kill shot that scales with the board. The cost is a four-mana 3/4 that does nothing without a partner, but in Piru, the Volatile decks that partner arrives built into the command zone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Piru, the Volatile
Piru, the Volatile deals 7 damage to each non-legendary creature when it dies, and Truefire Captain converts every point of that splash damage aimed at itself into damage on each opponent — a commander that doubles as a one-card board wipe becomes a commander that doubles as a finisher.
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy copies the first activated ability you use each turn that involves paying life or dealing damage to a source you control, which means Truefire Captain's redirect trigger gets doubled — one ping to the Captain becomes two pings at each opponent's face.
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 |
Truefire Captain is a Commander card through and through — the damage-redirection ability is built for multiplayer math, where a single triggered loop can hit every opponent at once. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but competes against far more efficient four-drops and sees essentially no play in any of them. Commander is where the card earns its keep, specifically in Boros damage-to-self shells that want to convert lifelink drain, wrath collateral, or Sunsteel triggers into lethal totals across the table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
FiendlashTruefire CaptainPariah's Shield
Infinite damage to one opponent
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Dawnsire, Sunstar DreadnoughtTruefire Captain
Near-infinite damage to target player
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Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Truefire Captain is bulk — low enough that picking up copies carries no financial risk. Bulk combo pieces with a specific niche rarely spike hard unless the engine becomes a known cEDH staple, which this one isn't, so expect the price to stay in the floor range.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.