Aegar, the Freezing Flame

Legendary Creature — Giant Wizard

Whenever a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls is dealt excess damage, if a Giant, Wizard, or spell you controlled dealt damage to it this turn, draw a card.

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Set: Kaldheim (KHM #321)
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana value: 3
Released: 2021-02-05
Artist: WolfSkullJack
EDHREC rank: #12,302
Colour identity
Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.20

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Can be your commander

Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

Cyclone Summoner 80 %+79.4 %
Calamity Bearer 80 %+79.4 %
Squash 78 %+77.6 %
Quakebringer 70 %+69.7 %
Thryx, the Sudden Storm 71 %+69.6 %
Glimpse the Cosmos 67 %+66.4 %
Inferno Titan 66 %+64.7 %
Stinkdrinker Daredevil 63 %+62.7 %
Thundercloud Shaman 63 %+62.1 %
Sunrise Sovereign 62 %+61.7 %
Crush Underfoot 62 %+61.1 %
Basalt Ravager 61 %+60.9 %
Bonecrusher Giant 61 %+60.6 %
Tectonic Giant 61 %+60.3 %
Surtland Elementalist 59 %+58.3 %
Battle of Frost and Fire 58 %+57.9 %
Mizzium Mortars 60 %+57.2 %
Borderland Behemoth 58 %+57.1 %
Invasion of the Giants 57 %+56.4 %
Surtland Flinger 55 %+54.2 %
Boldwyr Aggressor 53 %+52.2 %
Archmage of Runes 63 %+49.8 %
Goliath Daydreamer 51 %+49.6 %
Prophetic Titan 49 %+48.1 %
Fall of the Hammer 48 %+47.1 %
Frost Titan 46 %+45.3 %
Hamletback Goliath 45 %+44.6 %
Path of Ancestry 58 %+43.1 %
Flame of Anor 53 %+41.9 %
Fire Giant's Fury 42 %+41.8 %
Giant Harbinger 41 %+41.2 %
Abrade 61 %+40.4 %
Hall of Storm Giants 41 %+40.1 %
Toralf, God of Fury 39 %+38.3 %
Warchief Giant 38 %+37.8 %
Warstorm Surge 39 %+37.5 %
Reflections of Littjara 38 %+37.2 %
Giantfall 37 %+36.8 %
Giant's Grasp 37 %+36.4 %
Wizard's Retort 37 %+35.2 %
Giant's Amulet 34 %+33.6 %
Wizard's Lightning 35 %+33.6 %
Galvanic Giant 34 %+33.2 %
Chain Reaction 39 %+32.8 %
Lightning Bolt 59 %+30.2 %
Irencrag Pyromancer 30 %+29.1 %
Crystalline Giant 28 %+27.4 %
Herald's Horn 29 %+27.2 %
Hell to Pay 29 %+26.8 %
Starstorm 26 %+25.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

Island 89 %-8.4 %
Mountain 89 %-8.4 %
Command Tower 81 %-5.5 %
Arcane Signet 81 %-0.9 %
Cyclone Summoner 80 %+79.4 %
Calamity Bearer 80 %+79.4 %
Sol Ring 79 %-7.1 %
Squash 78 %+77.6 %
Thryx, the Sudden Storm 71 %+69.6 %
Quakebringer 70 %+69.7 %
Glimpse the Cosmos 67 %+66.4 %
Inferno Titan 66 %+64.7 %
Izzet Signet 64 %+9.6 %
Sulfur Falls 64 %-3.4 %
Blasphemous Act 64 %+25.1 %
Stinkdrinker Daredevil 63 %+62.7 %
Archmage of Runes 63 %+49.8 %
Thundercloud Shaman 63 %+62.1 %
Sunrise Sovereign 62 %+61.7 %
Crush Underfoot 62 %+61.1 %
Basalt Ravager 61 %+60.9 %
Bonecrusher Giant 61 %+60.6 %
Tectonic Giant 61 %+60.3 %
Abrade 61 %+40.4 %
Mizzium Mortars 60 %+57.2 %
Surtland Elementalist 59 %+58.3 %
Lightning Bolt 59 %+30.2 %
Battle of Frost and Fire 58 %+57.9 %
Path of Ancestry 58 %+43.1 %
Borderland Behemoth 58 %+57.1 %
Reliquary Tower 57 %+8.3 %
Invasion of the Giants 57 %+56.4 %
Surtland Flinger 55 %+54.2 %
Temple of Epiphany 54 %+15.7 %
Talisman of Creativity 54 %-0.1 %
Thought Vessel 53 %+17.7 %
Flame of Anor 53 %+41.9 %
Shivan Reef 53 %-6.7 %
Boldwyr Aggressor 53 %+52.2 %
Counterspell 51 %-1.1 %
Goliath Daydreamer 51 %+49.6 %
Frostboil Snarl 49 %+4.5 %
Prophetic Titan 49 %+48.1 %
Fall of the Hammer 48 %+47.1 %
Frost Titan 46 %+45.3 %
Hamletback Goliath 45 %+44.6 %
Izzet Boilerworks 45 %+10.4 %
Fire Giant's Fury 42 %+41.8 %
Giant Harbinger 41 %+41.2 %
Hall of Storm Giants 41 %+40.1 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Not legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Not legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2021-02-05
A creature has been dealt excess damage if one or more sources deal more damage to it than the minimum amount of damage required to be lethal damage. In most cases, this means damage greater than its toughness, but consider the damage already dealt to it that turn.
2021-02-05
A planeswalker is dealt excess damage if it's dealt damage greater than its current loyalty.
2021-02-05
Even 1 damage dealt to a creature from a source with deathtouch is considered lethal damage, so any amount greater than that will cause excess damage to be dealt, even if the total amount of damage isn't greater than the creature's toughness. Note that a source of damage having deathtouch has no effect on damage dealt to planeswalkers.
2021-02-05
If a permanent is both a creature and a planeswalker, the minimum amount of damage to be considered lethal damage is used to determine if excess damage has been dealt. For example, if a 5/5 creature that's also a planeswalker with three loyalty counters on it is dealt 4 damage, it's been dealt 1 excess damage and Aegar's ability may trigger.
2021-02-05
It doesn't matter whether a Giant, Wizard, or spell you control deals the excess damage, only that excess damage was dealt and that one of those three things dealt damage to the creature or planeswalker at some point during the turn. For example, if a 4/4 creature an opponent controls is dealt 2 damage by a spell you control and later that turn is dealt 3 damage by a spell another player controls, Aegar's ability will trigger.
2023-04-14
Aegar's ability won't trigger when a battle is dealt excess damage. It's not his fault. They didn't exist yet.