Blazing Hellhound
Creature — Elemental Dog
, Sacrifice another creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25534
Blazing Hellhound trades creatures for direct damage on command, giving you a sacrifice outlet and a reach engine stapled to one body. The cost — two mana to activate plus the creature — means it competes hard for slots against free or cheaper outlets.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Blazing Hellhound earns a slot in sacrifice-focused decks that want redundant outlets and a way to convert creature tokens into face damage as a secondary win condition. Outside Commander, Blazing Hellhound is technically legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but none of those formats have any reason to run a five-mana creature with a paid activation when free or cheaper sacrifice outlets dominate. It's a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Blazing Hellhound is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in trade or a cheap order filler. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful, so there's no financial argument for or against grabbing it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.