First printed in Stronghold (1998)
Sorcery
Buyback 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Fanning the Flames deals X damage to any target.
- Illustrated by
- Ron Spencer
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
17 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage…: Fanning the Flames + Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage…: Fanning the Flames + Heronblade Elite + Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage…: Fanning the Flames + Molten-Core Maestro
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Fanning the Flames + Sorcerer Class + Stormsplitter
- Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Fanning the Flames + Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Skirk Prospector + Veyran, Voice of Duality
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage…: Chromatic Orrery + Fanning the Flames + Marwyn, the Nurturer + Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage…: Chromatic Orrery + Fanning the Flames + Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss + Viridian Joiner
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage…: Fanning the Flames + Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Phyrexian Altar + Veyran, Voice of Duality
- Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting…: Fanning the Flames + Jeskai Ascendancy + Sorcerer Class
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Fanning the Flames + Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia + Stormsplitter