Gleeful Arsonist
Gleeful Arsonist: Creature - Human Wizard, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Human Wizard
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 1/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 27
- Artist
- Nereida
- Commander rank
- 2,676 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Undying
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About Gleeful Arsonist
Gleeful Arsonist is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 27 in that set, with art by Nereida. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $7.05 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, this creature deals damage equal to its power to that player.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
"Let the world burn!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $7.05 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Gleeful Arsonist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Gleeful Arsonist
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #56 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Gleeful Arsonist, newest first.
- If Gleeful Arsonist is no longer on the battlefield when its first ability resolves, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage it deals.
- Gleeful Arsonist's first ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
- Once undying returns the creature, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras that were attached to it won't return to the battlefield. Equipment that was attached to it will remain unattached. Any counters that were on it won't be put on the new creature.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Gleeful Arsonist is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.