Fire Elemental
Foundations 538 • common
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 538
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Joe Slucher
- Market price
- $0.09
What it does
"The best way to learn from a book on pyromancy is to burn it."— Jaya Ballard
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Fire Elemental from the Foundations set represents a classic piece of fantasy iconography within the long-running Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Originally debuting in the game's earliest iterations, the elemental serves as a foundational creature type, designed to embody the raw, aggressive nature of the game's red mana. Its inclusion in the 2024 Foundations set continues a decades-long tradition of revisiting essential cards to provide new and returning players with a consistent, recognizable baseline for gameplay.
The visual design of this card follows a legacy of elemental illustration that emphasizes kinetic energy and chaotic form. Illustrators tasked with depicting the Fire Elemental typically aim to capture a shifting, unstable mass of flame that suggests both immense power and ephemeral existence. While individual artistic interpretations change with each set printing, the core concept remains rooted in the original design philosophy: a straightforward, effective threat that serves as an iconic anchor for the red color identity.
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