Rionya, Fire Dancer
Rionya, Fire Dancer: Legendary Creature - Human Wizard, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 3/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 252
- Artist
- Heonhwa
- Commander rank
- 2,895 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Rionya, Fire Dancer
Rionya, Fire Dancer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red legendary creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 252 in that set, with art by Heonhwa. It costs {3}{R}{R} (three generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from The List (2020) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create X tokens that are copies of another target creature you control, where X is one plus the number of instant and sorcery spells you've cast this turn. They gain haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (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 Rionya, Fire Dancer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Rionya, Fire Dancer
Rionya, Fire Dancer has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C21-55 | Rare | 2026 |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #75 | Rare | 2024 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90100 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #382 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2021 (C21) #55 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Rionya, Fire Dancer, newest first.
- If the copied creature is copying something else, the tokens enter the battlefield as whatever that creature is copying.
- The triggered ability counts all instants and sorceries that were cast before it resolves. If you cast instant spells in response to the ability, those spells will count.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the tokens enter the battlefield. Any "As [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[This creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
- If the copied creature is itself a token, the tokens created by Rionya copy the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created it.
- If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- The tokens copy exactly what is printed on the creature and nothing else (unless that creature is a token or is copying something else; see below). They don't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
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