First printed in Lorwyn (2007)
All 4 prints
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Special Guests (SPG) #137, 2026
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1957, 2025
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Double Masters (2XM) #130, 2020
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Lorwyn (LRW) #175, 2007
Heat Shimmer 
Sorcery
Create a token that's a copy of target creature, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, exile this token."
"Better to flare out than to gutter."
—Flamekin expression
- Illustrated by
- Franz Vohwinkel
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, Standard Brawl
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 29 Oct 2026).
Staple
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Commander staples:
main deck, 2% of decks (#568)
Red, Sorceries
Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.
Combos
34 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Heat Shimmer + Naru Meha, Master Wizard
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite Treasure tokens…: Heat Shimmer + Spinerock Tyrant (+ 2 other requirements)
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Cormela, Glamour Thief + Heat Shimmer + Storm-Kiln Artist
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Bladewing the Risen + Heat Shimmer
- Infinite combat phases, Infinite damage: Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer + Combat Celebrant + Heat Shimmer
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Cormela, Glamour Thief + Heat Shimmer
- Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard, Infinite creature ETB…: Cloud of Faeries + Heat Shimmer + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Cormela, Glamour Thief + Heat Shimmer + Pitiless Plunderer
- Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard, Infinite creature ETB…: Heat Shimmer + Peregrine Drake + Snap + Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
