Card
Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
Mana cost {1}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman 2/4
Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever a Dragon you control enters, you may have Sarkhan become a copy of it until end of turn, except its name is Sarkhan, Soul Aflame and it's legendary in addition to its other types.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 1 known combo. 7 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · MAT · #46
- Cheapest printing
- €1.01
- EDHREC salt
- 0.27
- Color identity
- Red, Blue
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
1 known combo.
- Deadeye Navigator + Ganax, Astral Hunter + Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2023-05-12 · Wizards of the Coast
If the copied Dragon has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0. - 2023-05-12 · Wizards of the Coast
If the Dragon that enters the battlefield is legendary and you have Sarkhan copy it, the two Dragons will have different names (unless the entering Dragon is somehow named Sarkhan, Soul Aflame). The "legend rule" won't apply. - 2023-05-12 · Wizards of the Coast
That ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a Dragon spell. It reduces only the generic component of that cost. - 2023-05-12 · Wizards of the Coast
If the copied Dragon is a token, Sarkhan copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the noted exceptions. - 2023-05-12 · Wizards of the Coast
Sarkhan's first ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any Dragon spell. It changes only the total cost you pay. - 2023-05-12 · Wizards of the Coast
In some unusual cases, the Dragon that entered the battlefield will be copying something else by the time Sarkhan's ability resolves. In such a case, Sarkhan will copy whatever the Dragon is copying, with the noted exceptions. - 2023-05-12 · Wizards of the Coast
Sarkhan copies exactly what was printed on the original Dragon and nothing else, with the noted exceptions (unless that creature is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on in response to Sarkhan's ability.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast