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Angelfire Ignition

Sorcery1 generic manaRed manaWhite mana

The keyword pile is doing exactly what it says: five abilities stacked onto one creature for a turn, plus a permanent two-counter bump. Read the list and the shape of it becomes clear. Because this resolves during a main phase, vigilance and haste answer the tempo cost of committing to an attack on the turn you spend the mana: the creature can arrive ready and still hold back on defense. Trample and lifelink convert the swing into pressure on the life totals; indestructible protects the counters through combat and through destruction-based removal an opponent has been sitting on for exactly this creature. Cast it precombat and the blocker math collapses, because the defender cannot trade profitably, cannot chump for full value, and cannot expect the counters to fall off at end of turn. Those two counters are the part that outlives the turn, which is what separates this from a straight pump spell and justifies the flashback half. Enchant-a-creature effects have always carried the same objection: they eat a two-for-one when the creature dies before the pump matters. Buying the card back from the graveyard for a slightly higher cost turns the threat into any creature you draw next rather than the one that just died. That is the design tension it resolves: a spell that overcommits to a single body is fragile, so it hands you a second cast to spread the investment across two threats. Aggressive by construction, it wants a board already pressing and a creature worth doubling down on.

Angelfire Ignition (prm)
PRM · #94080rare
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It gains vigilance, trample, lifelink, indestructible, and haste until end of turn. Flashback 2 generic manaRed manaWhite mana (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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