Fists of Flame

Instant

Draw a card. Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +1/+0 for each card you've drawn this turn. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player, planeswalker or battle it is attacking if lethal combat damage would be dealt to all blocking creatures.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

SaberTech on Naya tricks

3 months ago

Naya Charm, Boros Charm, Valorous Stance, and Collective Resistance have been common inclusions for me.

Trash the Town has been pretty useful in my Gargos, Vicious Watcher deck.

Green has all sorts of instants that grant indestructible like Tamiyo's Safekeeping, Gaea's Gift, and Strength of Will. There are a variety of others as well with specific additional effects that may be better for your specific deck so it is worth taking a look.

Benefactor's Draught is a surprisingly versatile tool that you can use to politic with, catch an opponent off guard with blockers they weren't expecting, or draw a bunch of cards if an opponent blocks a bunch of your creatures.

If you are running cards like Zada, Hedron Grinder and Feather, the Redeemed then Fists of Flame, Ancestor's Aid, Sudden Breakthrough, Crimson Wisps, Might of the Weak, Guided Strike, Shelter, Otherworldly Outburst, and Felonious Rage are cards worth considering.

Heroic Intervention, Dawn's Truce, Akroma's Will, and Lorehold Command are strong general options too.

multimedia on Kalamax Instants

3 years ago

Hey, nice upgrades to the precon on a budget.

With Kalamax I find that instants that can give him evasion while also draw a card are excellent. It's the draw that's makes 1 mana and 2 mana spells like this busted with Kalamax. Kalamax is a great attacker to do real Commander damage if he has evasion.

• Shadow Rift --> Strength of the Tajuru
• Leap --> Lunar Frenzy
• Fists of Flame --> Trap Essence

Kalamax is a mana hungry Commander because to take advantage of his abilities you want to cast an instant on each player's turn and to do this consistently requires having a lot of mana. Consider more ramp?

• Relic of Legends --> Haldan, Avid Arcanist
• Storm-Kiln Artist --> Pako, Arcane Retriever
• Roiling Regrowth --> Essence Scatter
• Fellwar Stone --> Evolution Charm
• Joint Exploration --> Curse of Echoes

Relic of Legends is ramp and a source to tap Kalamax that makes mana. Storm-Kiln Artist is more magecraft, ramp with treasures. Roiling Regrowth is like Harrow except the basic lands ETB tapped. From the precon Haldan, Avid Arcanist + Pako, Arcane Retriever aren't needed, they belong in their own deck, with their own strategies.

Three, four or five color Precon manabases are subpar with too many basic lands which makes color fixing from lands quite poor. On a budget there's several land upgrades to consider, replacing not just some basic lands, but other lands that always ETB tapped for lands that don't?

• Holdout Settlement --> 1x Mountain
• Survivors' Encampment --> 1x Island
• Shivan Reef --> 1x Mountain
• Karplusan Forest --> 1x Island
• Rockfall Vale --> Rugged Highlands
• Vineglimmer Snarl --> Thornwood Falls
• Game Trail --> Gruul Turf
• Path of Ancestry --> Swiftwater Cliffs

Holdout Settlement and Survivors' Encampment can tap Kalamax to make mana. This is important since relying only on tapping Kalamax because you attacked can be problematic because what if Kalamax can't attack?

Good luck with your deck.

thesilentpyro on Pervasive Footprints

3 years ago

Out: Twisted Image

In: Luxurious Libation

• Luxurious Libation is the first 1-mana targeted token maker, and it's an instant to boot. The cut for this one was hard, but Twisted Image got the axe because it has a chance of killing a number of creatures with Spawning Breath making 0/1s and Fleeting Distraction and Startle (and technically Dizzy Spell) reducing power, plus it has anti-synergy with power boosting effects like Fists of Flame. It's very possible the cut should have been Mythos of Illuna (as the most expensive token maker) instead of a draw spell, but ultimately creature count is what makes the deck go and Mythos is versatile, so I decided to cut what I think is the worst draw spell instead and we'll see how it plays.

Saccox on Mono Red Weenie Hyper Budget Value Engine

3 years ago

Balaam__ Fists of Flame? With Thrill of Possibility draw 3 card,+4+0 and trample

4rclyte on Wyleth Voltron

3 years ago

Removed:

Dualcaster Mage, Fists of Flame, Blazing Sunsteel, Boros Garrison, Terramorphic Expanse

Added:

Shuko, Shadowspear, Fighter Class, Sacred Foundry, Sundown Pass.

enpc on Gold Medal in Hammer Throw, 2022 Olympics

4 years ago

How would Fists of Flame sit in the deck? gives trample, stat buff and card draw which are all relevant here.

MistaMint on Feather, the Redeemed EDH *Best Boros Yet!*

4 years ago

What do you think of Fists of Flame?

Gage18 on Birgi Storm cEDH

4 years ago

WotanubisReturned My list doesn’t ever win by attacking and Fists of Flame can’t be a win con in a multiplayer format.