---
name: "Cackling Flames"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Hellbent"]
set: "GK2"
set_name: "RNA Guild Kit"
collector_number: "55"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Shishizaru"
oracle_id: "ab48147c-0bd7-4875-8e11-0e26185453dd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cackling-flames-gk2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Cackling Flames
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Hellbent

## Oracle Text
Cackling Flames deals 3 damage to any target.
Hellbent — Cackling Flames deals 5 damage instead if you have no cards in hand.

> *"Me gusta algo de entretenimiento con la cena".
—Rakdos*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hungry Flames](/printing/hungry-flames-jmp.md) — Instant
2. [Open Fire](/printing/open-fire-akr.md) — Instant
3. [Ghostfire](/printing/ghostfire-ddt.md) — Instant
4. [Flame Lash](/printing/flame-lash-jmp.md) — Instant
5. [Rekindled Flame](/printing/rekindled-flame-eve.md) — Sorcery
6. [Flare](/printing/flare-mir.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** RNA Guild Kit (GK2) #55
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Shishizaru
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`