Grinning Ignus
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Modern MastersMMA · #118
- Card type
- Creature — Elemental
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.11 € · ★ 0.47 € · 0.22 $ · ★ 0.50 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Add . Activate only as a sorcery.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- James Kei
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2013-06-07
Flavour text
"Take care what you offer the ignus. Food, perhaps. Coins. But nothing flammable!" —Stovic, village eccentric
Rulings
Although Grinning Ignus's ability has a timing restriction, it's still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and it can't be responded to.
If you cast Grinning Ignus during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you'll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.
Although Grinning Ignus's ability has a timing restriction, it's still a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and it can't be responded to.
If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you'll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.
