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Twinflame

Sorcery

Strive — This spell costs {2}{R} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Double Masters 2022
Price
$5.11
EDHREC rank
#1249
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Twinflame card art
Twinflame creates a haste token copy of a creature you control for two mana — cheap enough to slot into most red strategies, pushed enough to anchor combo lines. The ceiling is infinite: pair it with Dualcaster Mage or slam it under Etali, Primal Conqueror for a cascade of free spells, and the game ends on the spot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Etali, Primal Conqueror

77.8% of decks · synergy 0.73

Etali, Primal Conqueror triggers on attack, so copying it with Twinflame means two attack triggers — which can chain into more copies and a full grip of free spells in a single turn.

02
Krark, the ThumblessSakashima of a Thousand Faces

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

64.4% of decks · synergy 0.60

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces thrives on copying spells repeatedly, and Twinflame's instant-speed token generation feeds that loop while the Sakashima half lets you stack multiple Krarks without the legend rule interfering.

03
The Master, Multiplied

The Master, Multiplied

55.0% of decks · synergy 0.49

The Master, Multiplied wants as many token copies of itself on the board as possible, and Twinflame delivers a haste-enabled copy the turn it lands — accelerating the Dalek army before opponents can respond.

04
Deadpool, Trading Card

Deadpool, Trading Card

47.8% of decks · synergy 0.42

Deadpool, Trading Card generates value whenever it dies or gets exiled, so Twinflame's token — which disappears at end of turn — is a free trigger machine that costs nothing permanent.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Twinflame does its best work — the Dualcaster Mage interaction is a clean two-card infinite that fits into any red combo shell, and the card shows up in nearly 80% of Etali, Primal Conqueror decks for good reason. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees occasional play in creature-copy or Kiki-Jiki adjacent strategies but lacks the density of redundant pieces to be a format staple. Legacy and Vintage give it access to faster mana and more broken targets, though those formats have no shortage of cleaner win conditions that don't require a creature on board. Twinflame is a Commander card first — the combo payoff is real, the cost is low, and the format's singleton structure means having a second copy of a bomb creature at instant speed is genuinely hard to replicate.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

747 decks
Cormela, Glamour ThiefStorm-Kiln ArtistTwinflame

Cormela, Glamour ThiefStorm-Kiln ArtistTwinflame

Infinite black mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells; Infinite blue mana that can only be spent to cast instant and sorcery spells; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Flux Channeler and Strionic Resonator can mimic parts of what Twinflame does in the right shell, but neither closes games the same way. The closest true alternative is Heat Shimmer — same mana cost, same token effect, slightly narrower applications — and it runs well under a dollar if the budget is the constraint rather than the combo ceiling.

Price Context

Current price

$5.11 mid tier

At $5.11, Twinflame sits in the mid tier — affordable enough that cutting it for budget reasons is hard to justify given the combo output it enables. It holds that price on the strength of the Dualcaster Mage line alone, and nothing on the horizon threatens to replace it in the decks that want it.

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