The Fire Crystal

The Fire Crystal

Legendary Artifact

Mana cost: {2}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

static — costs 1 less

Creatures you control have haste.

static — grants haste

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

activated {4}{R}{R}, {T} — makes a token

activated {4}{R}{R}, {T} —

Causes: create a creature token, put a creature token onto the battlefield, a creature token dies, sacrifice a creature token.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice, a creature it makes cheaper to cast, an artifact it makes cheaper to cast, an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, an instant it makes cheaper to cast, a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a battle it makes cheaper to cast, a creature it applies speed increase to.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — The Fire Crystal's copy of Toothy, Imaginary Friend is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  2. Hei Bai, Spirit of Balance — The Fire Crystal's copy of Hei Bai, Spirit of Balance is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  3. Splinter, Aging Champion — The Fire Crystal's copy of Splinter, Aging Champion is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  4. Yes Man, Personal Securitron — The Fire Crystal's copy of Yes Man, Personal Securitron is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  5. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Fire Crystal, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Shaun, Father of Synths — The Fire Crystal's copy of Shaun, Father of Synths is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  7. Electro, Assaulting Battery — The Fire Crystal's copy of Electro, Assaulting Battery is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  8. Gollum, Patient Plotter — The Fire Crystal's copy of Gollum, Patient Plotter is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  9. Chainer, Dementia Master — The Fire Crystal's copy of Chainer, Dementia Master is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers
  10. Merieke Ri Berit — The Fire Crystal's copy of Merieke Ri Berit is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own leave ability triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token dies — 67 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The Fire Crystal:

  1. Grismold, the Dreadsower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Joel, Resolute Survivor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a token is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Fire Crystal:

  1. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth — surveils
  3. The Sackville-Bagginses — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Burdened Aerialist — grants flying
  5. Shire Shirriff — exiles a creature an opponent controls

a creature token leaves the battlefield — 117 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Fire Crystal:

  1. Twilight Drover — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Zurgo Stormrender — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 122 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

  1. Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang — When a creature dies thanks to The Fire Crystal, Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang exiles itself

a token leaves the battlefield — 182 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Fire Crystal:

  1. Boomer Scrapper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nadier's Nightblade — makes each opponent lose 1 life

4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Fire Crystal:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

21 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — The Fire Crystal makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — The Fire Crystal makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — The Fire Crystal makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

When a creature enters thanks to The Fire Crystal:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The Fire Crystal makes a creature token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to The Fire Crystal, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to The Fire Crystal, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to The Fire Crystal, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to The Fire Crystal, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — The Fire Crystal's copy of Boss's Chauffeur is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own death ability triggers
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — The Fire Crystal copies Clavileño, First of the Blessed; the legend rule puts one of them into the graveyard, triggering its death ability
  7. Quirion Beastcaller — The Fire Crystal's copy of Quirion Beastcaller is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own death ability triggers
  8. Jeskai Sage — The Fire Crystal's copy of Jeskai Sage is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own death ability triggers
  9. Dinosaur Egg — The Fire Crystal's copy of Dinosaur Egg is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own death ability triggers
  10. Cyclops Superconductor — The Fire Crystal's copy of Cyclops Superconductor is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own death ability triggers

962 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — The Fire Crystal copies Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization; the legend rule puts one of them into the graveyard, triggering its death ability

92 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

  1. Biolume Egg // Biolume Serpent — When Biolume Egg // Biolume Serpent enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  2. Massacre Wurm — When Massacre Wurm enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Dread Tiller — When Dread Tiller enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  4. Village Pillagers — When Village Pillagers enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  5. Patron of the Vein — When Patron of the Vein enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  6. Orzhov Pontiff — When Orzhov Pontiff enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  7. Orzhov Euthanist — When Orzhov Euthanist enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  8. Markov Enforcer — When Markov Enforcer enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  9. Absolver Thrull — When Absolver Thrull enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again

3,028 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (The Fire Crystal is one).

  1. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  2. The Reaper, King No More — When The Reaper, King No More enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Sephiroth, Planet's Heir — When Sephiroth, Planet's Heir enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace enters because The Fire Crystal copies it, its ability triggers again

685 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.