---
name: "Circle of Flame"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "DCI"
set_name: "DCI Promos"
collector_number: "78"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jaime Jones"
oracle_id: "c31801e6-2444-4158-8e19-2afe751d7cff"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/circle-of-flame-dci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Circle of Flame
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever a creature without flying attacks you or a planeswalker you control, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flame Sweep](/printing/flame-sweep-m20.md) — Instant
2. [Ashen Firebeast](/printing/ashen-firebeast-ody.md) — Creature — Elemental Beast
3. [Magma Vein](/printing/magma-vein-ody.md) — Enchantment
4. [Burning Palm Efreet](/printing/burning-palm-efreet-mir.md) — Creature — Efreet
5. [Roast](/printing/roast-dtk.md) — Sorcery
6. [Barbed Foliage](/printing/barbed-foliage-mir.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** DCI Promos (DCI) #78
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jaime Jones
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2014-07-18)* Circle of Flame's ability triggers only if a creature without flying is declared as an attacker during the declare attackers step. If a creature with flying attacks you or a planeswalker you control and then loses flying, or if a creature without flying is put onto the battlefield attacking you or a planeswalker you control, the ability won't trigger.
- *(2021-02-01)* Circle of Flame is banned in Pauper (not just non-legal), due to a special case on MTGO: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/january-21-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement