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Wildfire Eternal

Creature — Zombie Jackal Cleric

Afflict 4 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 4 life.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Hour of Devastation
Price
$0.26
EDHREC rank
#16099
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Wildfire Eternal card art
Wildfire Eternal lets you cast any instant or sorcery from your hand for free when it deals combat damage — and when that free spell is Savage Beating, Neheb, the Eternal turns the resulting mana into a second main phase that ends the game on the spot. The cost is real: a 2/4 with afflict 4 needs to connect, which means you're racing removal and blocks every time.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Neheb, the Eternal

Neheb, the Eternal

9.6% of decks · synergy 0.09

Neheb, the Eternal turns every point of damage opponents take into postcombat mana, so a free Savage Beating off Wildfire Eternal means double combat, doubled mana, and a game that ends in one turn cycle.

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

Wildfire Eternal is a Commander card — full stop. The four-mana 2/4 is too slow and too conditional for Legacy or Vintage, where free spells are already free and your opponent has Force of Will to say no. In Pioneer and Modern, afflict creatures don't fit any established shell, and a must-connect payoff on a fragile body gets outpaced by the format's speed. Commander is where the math works: slower tables, longer games, and opponents who'd rather not take four unblockable damage, which means Wildfire Eternal actually connects more often than it has any right to.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Wildfire EternalSavage BeatingMirage PhalanxArchaeomancer

Wildfire EternalSavage BeatingMirage PhalanxArchaeomancer

Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count

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Price Context

Current price

$0.26 bulk tier

At $0.26, Wildfire Eternal sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bulk bin. Bulk rares with real combo upside occasionally spike on renewed interest, but this one has been in print long enough that supply keeps the price flat.

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