Duelist's Flame
- Mana cost
- {X}{R}{R}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander #452 (rare)
- Price
- $5.06 USD
Until end of turn, target blocked creature you control gets +X/+0 and gains trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that many cards from the top of your library. Exile up to one nonland card from among them and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost."
Duelist's Flame has 1 printing, first in Final Fantasy Commander (2025). EDHREC ranks it #12,509 among Commander cards. It appears most in Fire Lord Zuko decks (1,796 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Duelist's Flame most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Fire Lord Zuko: 1,796 decks
- Squall, Gunblade Duelist: 782 decks
- Edea, Possessed Sorceress: 421 decks
- Zuko, Firebending Master: 309 decks
- Avatar Roku, Firebender: 228 decks
- Iroh, Dragon of the West: 83 decks
- Seifer, Balamb Rival: 59 decks
- Seifer Almasy: 39 decks
Often played with Duelist's Flame
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the exiled card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell.
- : You cast the exiled card while the triggered ability ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored.