Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
Sarkhan, Soul Aflame: Legendary Creature - Human Shaman, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Dragon spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
- Colour identity
- Blue and red (UR)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 301
- Artist
- Eric Wilkerson
- Commander rank
- 2,061 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
Sarkhan, Soul Aflame is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and red legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 301 in that set, with art by Eric Wilkerson. It costs {1}{U}{R} (one generic, one blue and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from March of the Machine: The Aftermath (2023) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.05 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.05 (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 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
Sarkhan, Soul Aflame has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #146 | Mythic | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #181 | Mythic | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #225 | Mythic | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #46 | Mythic | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #96 | Mythic | 2023 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Sarkhan, Soul Aflame, newest first.
- If the copied Dragon has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Sarkhan, Soul Aflame is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Temur Roar (TDC), led by Eshki, Temur's Roar