First printed in Lorwyn Eclipsed (2026)
Kindred Sorcery — Elemental
Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this token."
Flashback—
, Behold three Elementals. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it. To behold an Elemental, choose an Elemental you control or reveal an Elemental card from your hand.)
- Illustrated by
- Jeff Miracola
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Rulings (16)
- If the copied creature has
in its mana cost, X is 0. - Kindred is a card type that allows noncreature cards to have creature types. For example, Morcant's Eyes is an Elf (although not a creature) while on the battlefield and an Elf card (although not a creature card) in zones other than the battlefield.
- If a card in your hand is already revealed (perhaps because it was revealed to pay a cost of a spell that's still on the stack or due to the effect of a card like Telepathy), you may reveal it again to pay the cost of another spell or ability that requires you to reveal a card from your hand.
- Some older cards were originally printed with the "tribal" card type. That card type has been replaced with "kindred." This change does not affect the gameplay function of these cards.
- If an effect refers to a "[subtype] card," it refers only to a card that has that subtype. For example, Glen Elendra's Answer creates a Faerie token and features a Faerie in its art, but it isn't a Faerie card.
- If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied, with the listed exceptions.
- If the copied creature is a token, the token that's created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token, with the listed exceptions.
- If a cost to cast a spell includes revealing a card, that card remains revealed from the time the spell is announced until the time it leaves the stack.
- The token created by Kindle the Inner Flame copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, with the listed exceptions (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
- You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
- To behold three Elementals, you can reveal three Elemental cards from your hand, choose three Elementals you control on the battlefield, or reveal and choose any combination that adds up to three. You can't behold the same object more than once to pay this cost.
- A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
- "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
- If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
- While it appears only on cards that already have other card types, kindred is a card type and will be counted by effects that refer to the number of card types among cards in a zone.
- Any enters abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), Premier Draft | 55.2% | +0.3 | +2.8 | 10295 |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), Sealed | 60.3% | +3.9 | +3.5 | 522 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
10 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste…: Dualcaster Mage + Kindle the Inner Flame
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Kindle the Inner Flame + Naru Meha, Master Wizard
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Activated Sleeper + Carnage, Crimson Chaos + Kindle the Inner Flame
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Kindle the Inner Flame + Summon: G.F. Cerberus
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Flamehold Grappler + Kindle the Inner Flame + Narset's Reversal + Storm-Kiln Artist
- Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand, Infinite untap of permanents you control…: High Tide + Kairi, the Swirling Sky + Kindle the Inner Flame + Turnabout
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Echo Mage + Kindle the Inner Flame
- Infinite self-mill: Kindle the Inner Flame + Mirror-Mad Phantasm
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Kindle the Inner Flame + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Kindle the Inner Flame + Mnemonic Deluge
