Grinning Ignus
Grinning Ignus: Creature - Elemental, Strixhaven: School of Mages. R, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Add Colorless Colorless R. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Elemental
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX)
- Released
- 2021-04-23
- Collector number
- 104
- Artist
- Alayna Danner
- Commander rank
- 8,132 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Grinning Ignus
Grinning Ignus is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Strixhaven: School of Mages (STX), an expansion set released in April 2021. It is collector number 104 in that set, with art by Alayna Danner. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Future Sight (2007) to Strixhaven: School of Mages (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
{R}, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Add {C}{C}{R}. Activate only as a sorcery.
On rare occasions, a Prismari student will summon an elemental that shows such promise that it's permitted to stay and enroll.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Grinning Ignus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Grinning Ignus
Grinning Ignus has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #168 | Common | 2021 |
| Modern Masters (MMA) #118 | Uncommon | 2013 |
| Future Sight (FUT) #116 | Common | 2007 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Grinning Ignus, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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