Twinflame
Twinflame: Sorcery, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Strive - This spell costs 2R more to cast for each target beyond the first. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 258
- Artist
- Chase Stone
- Commander rank
- 1,260 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Strive
Build around this card with Grover
About Twinflame
Twinflame is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red sorcery from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 258 in that set, with art by Chase Stone. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Journey into Nyx (2014) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Strive - This spell costs {2}{R} more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.31 (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 Twinflame 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 |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Twinflame
Twinflame has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1810 | Rare | 2024 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #129 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #455 | Rare | 2022 |
| Journey into Nyx (JOU) #115 | Rare | 2014 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Twinflame, newest first.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
- The mana cost and mana value of strive spells don't change no matter how many targets they have. Strive abilities affect only what you pay.
- If another creature becomes or enters the battlefield as a copy of the token, that creature will have haste, but you won't exile it. However, if Twinflame creates multiple tokens copying a single creature due to a replacement effect (like the one Doubling Season creates), you'll exile each of them.
- The tokens see each other enter the battlefield. If any of them have a triggered ability that triggers whenever a creature enters the battlefield, they'll trigger for one another.
- If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
- If a spell or ability allows you to cast a strive spell without paying its mana cost, you must pay the additional costs for any targets beyond the first.
- If such a spell is copied, and the effect that copies the spell allows a player to choose new targets for the copy, the number of targets can't be changed. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
- If the copied creature is a token, the token created by Twinflame copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put that token onto the battlefield.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Twinflame is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.