Card
Grinning Ignus
Mana cost {2}{R}
{R}, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Add {C}{C}{R}. Activate only as a sorcery.
Part of 95 known combos, 7 of them two-card. 4 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · STX · #104
- Cheapest printing
- €0.09
- EDHREC salt
- 0.35
- Color identity
- Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty, Runaway Steam-Kin, Marvin, Murderous Mimic, The Vision and Scarlet Witch, Aluren, Morophon, the Boundless, Earthcraft
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty, Runaway Steam-Kin, Marvin, Murderous Mimic, The Vision and Scarlet Witch, Aluren, Morophon, the Boundless, Earthcraft
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: The Vision and Scarlet Witch, Aluren
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty, Runaway Steam-Kin, Marvin, Murderous Mimic, The Vision and Scarlet Witch, Aluren, Morophon, the Boundless, Earthcraft (early with The Vision and Scarlet Witch, Aluren)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
95 known combos, 7 of them two-card.
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Grinning Ignus
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Grinning Ignus + Runaway Steam-Kin
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook - Treasonous Ogre + Aetherflux Reservoir + Grinning Ignus
Produces: Infinite damage, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you'll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield. - 2021-04-16 · Wizards of the Coast
Although Grinning Ignus's ability has a timing restriction, it's still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and it can't be responded to. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
Although Grinning Ignus's ability has a timing restriction, it's still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and it can't be responded to. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If you cast Grinning Ignus during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you'll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast