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Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius

First printed in Wilds of Eldraine (2023)

Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius

Hearth Elemental

Creature — Elemental

This spell costs X less to cast, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard that are instant cards, sorcery cards, and/or have an Adventure.

4/5

Stoke Genius

Sorcery — Adventure

Discard your hand, then draw two cards. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Illustrated by
Nicholas Gregory

Legality

Rulings (12)

  • If an adventurer card ends up in exile for any other reason than by exiling itself while resolving, it won’t give you permission to cast it as a permanent spell.
  • An adventurer card is a permanent card in every zone except the stack, as well as while on the stack if not cast as an Adventure. Ignore its alternative characteristics in those cases. For example, while it’s in your graveyard, Questing Druid is a green creature card whose mana value is 2. It can’t be the target of Tenacious Tomeseeker’s triggered ability (“return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand”).
  • If an effect copies an Adventure spell, that copy is exiled as it resolves. It ceases to exist as a state-based action; it’s not possible to cast the copy as a permanent.
  • If an object becomes a copy of an object that has an Adventure, the copy also has an Adventure. If it changes zones, it will either cease to exist (if it’s a token) or cease to be a copy (if it’s a nontoken permanent), and so you won’t be able to cast it as an Adventure.
  • When casting a spell as an Adventure, use the alternative characteristics and ignore all of the card’s normal characteristics. The spell’s color, mana cost, mana value, and so on are determined by only those alternative characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.
  • If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative Adventure name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.
  • An effect may refer to a card, spell, or permanent that “has an Adventure.” This refers to a card, spell, or permanent that has an adventurer card’s set of alternative characteristics, even if they’re not being used and even if that card was never cast as an Adventure.
  • Casting a card as an Adventure isn’t casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to the Adventure.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions for the permanent spell you cast from exile. Normally, you’ll be able to cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
  • If a spell is cast as an Adventure, its controller exiles it instead of putting it into its owner’s graveyard as it resolves. For as long as it remains exiled, that player may cast it as a permanent spell. If an Adventure spell leaves the stack in any way other than resolving (most likely by being countered or by failing to resolve because its targets have all become illegal), that card won’t be exiled and the spell’s controller won’t be able to cast it as a permanent later.
  • If an effect refers to a card, spell, or permanent that has an Adventure, it won’t find an instant or sorcery spell on the stack that’s been cast as an Adventure.
  • If you cast an adventurer card as an Adventure, use only its alternative characteristics to determine whether it’s legal to cast that spell. For example, if you control Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer (“Once each turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from the top of your library.”) and Questing Druid is on top of your library, you can cast Seek the Beast, but not Questing Druid.

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).

Win rates of Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Premier Draft 57.3% +2.1 +1.6 48089
Wilds of Eldraine (WOE), Sealed 56.4% -0.2 -0.4 2044
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

Standard In 94 of 1778 decks (5.3%), most in UR (unclassified)

Staple: main deck, 9% of decks (#57)

Share of decks
5.3%
▼ 6.3 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 7.0% 2026-08-17: 9.7% 2026-08-24: 8.0% 2026-08-31: 16.4% 2026-09-07: 13.9% 2026-09-14: 8.0% 2026-09-21: 10.8% 2026-09-28: 7.4% 2026-10-05: 9.5% 2026-10-12: 6.5% 2026-10-19: 3.4% 2026-10-26: 1.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
94
94 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.7
in the main deck
Win rate
59%
16 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UR (unclassified) 8.7% 61%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Opt99%12.5
Sleight of Hand99%12.1
Spirebluff Canal99%9.6
Riverpyre Verge99%7.5
Steam Vents99%5.5
Burst Lightning98%6.3
Eddymurk Crab97%14.8
Prismari Charm94%15.9
Sunderflock83%18.7
Spell Snare83%3.7

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UR
mami in Standard Challenge 32
9-0
100%
UR
ShadowTitan1 in Standard Challenge 32
6-1
86%
UR
_IlNano_ in Standard Challenge 16
6-2
75%
UR
rushi_00 in Standard Championship Week Finals
6-2
75%
UR
Jacro in Standard Championship Week Finals
6-2
75%
UR
Kampo in Standard Challenge 16 Special
6-2
75%
UR
Brunninho in Standard Challenge 16 Special
6-2
75%
UR
_IlNano_ in Standard Challenge 16
5-2
71%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UR
Darth_Vaner,
4 main #27
of 30
0-2
UR
Brunninho,
4 main 5-0
UR
walshi4life,
4 main #27
of 62
3-3
UR
mami,
3 main #10
of 36
4-2
UR
Merriman,
4 main #17
of 36
3-3
UR
Ares80,
3 main #11
of 42
4-2
UR
Franco Cicchini,
4 main #41
of 177
UR
Felipe Soares,
4 main #54
of 177

Pioneer In 44 of 649 decks (6.8%), most in UR (unclassified)

Staple: main deck, 2% of decks (#227)

Share of decks
6.8%
▲ 4.3 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-10: 0.0% 2026-08-17: 1.2% 2026-08-24: 2.1% 2026-08-31: 5.0% 2026-09-07: 3.6% 2026-09-14: 0.6% 2026-09-21: 2.1% 2026-09-28: 0.0% 2026-10-05: 4.4% 2026-10-12: 11.2% 2026-10-19: 7.1% 2026-10-26: 5.2%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
44
41 main, 6 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.6
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
16 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UR (unclassified) 24.8% 27%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Spirebluff Canal100%3.4
Steam Vents100%3.3
Fiery Impulse93%6.8
Shivan Reef93%5.7
Sunderflock85%15.8
Eddymurk Crab85%15.8
Stubborn Denial85%15.4
Prismari Charm85%15.4
Opt85%11.3
Consider85%10.5

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UR
Mirozel1 in Pioneer Challenge 32
8-1
89%
UR
_Falcon_ in Pioneer Challenge 32
8-1
89%
UR
_Falcon_ in Pioneer Challenge 16
6-1
86%
UR
fazparte in Pioneer Challenge 32
7-2
78%
UR
Mirozel1 in Pioneer Challenge 32
7-2
78%
UR
Danielpena397 in Pioneer Challenge 32
6-2
75%
UR
renatoaraujo in Pioneer Challenge 16
6-2
75%
UR
Craigpuncher in Pioneer Challenge 16
5-2
71%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UR
magic_kirby,
4 main #32
of 160
5-3
UR
Danielpena397,
4 main #3 (top 8)
of 48
6-2
UR
VitorCarvalho01,
4 main #11
of 48
4-2
UR
Kalimocho,
4 main 5-0
UR
_Falcon_,
4 main #17
of 50
4-2
UR
Venom01,
4 main #21
of 50
3-3
UR
VitorCarvalho01,
4 main #22
of 50
3-3
UR
fazparte,
4 main #28
of 50
3-3