Vindictive Flamestoker
Creature — Phyrexian Wizard
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put an oil counter on this creature.
, Sacrifice this creature: Discard your hand, then draw four cards. This ability costs 
less to activate for each oil counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10722
Vindictive Flamestoker turns every instant and sorcery into a free damage trigger and an Imp token, which means a single spell-heavy turn can flood the board and point lethal at a face simultaneously. The rate is real, and Urabrask decks that already want to storm off with red spells treat this as a core piece rather than a luxury.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Urabrask
Urabrask's ability to generate mana off opponents' spells fuels exactly the kind of spell-chain turn where Vindictive Flamestoker doubles as a board-builder and a finisher — every cantrip and kill spell becomes a 1/1 Imp plus a ping, and that adds up fast in a deck designed to cast four spells before its first main phase ends.
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 |
Commander is where Vindictive Flamestoker does its best work — spell-slinger decks running Urabrask or similar red storm-adjacent commanders can convert a single explosive turn into enough tokens and direct damage to close the game. In competitive non-rotating formats like Modern and Legacy, a three-mana creature that requires you to keep casting spells to generate value struggles against the density and speed of existing threat packages; it sees essentially no play there. Pioneer has no meaningful home for it either — the format's red decks want burn that works immediately, not a setup piece. Oathbreaker is a reasonable secondary home, where the tighter rule constraints let spell-heavy builds leverage it more freely.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Vindictive Flamestoker isn't available at time of writing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market numbers. Given its narrow Commander application and negligible presence in competitive formats, it typically sits in budget territory — worth picking up as a role-player if you're already building the right shell.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Urabrask
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.