Downhill Charge
Instant
You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #11850
Downhill Charge gives a creature +X/+0 and trample until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control — a potentially massive pump for a single red mana. Outside of Zada, Hedron Grinder shells that copy it across an entire board, it's a one-shot trick with no lasting value, and that limits where it earns a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zada, Hedron Grinder
Zada, Hedron Grinder copies Downhill Charge onto every creature you control when you target Zada, turning one cheap spell into a board-wide trample pump that ends games on the spot in a Mountain-heavy mono-red list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Downhill Charge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling is low in every format. In Commander, it lives entirely in Zada, Hedron Grinder decks — without that copy engine, a single-target pump with no lasting effect rarely makes the 99. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed by more efficient pump and burn at the same mana cost. Legacy and Vintage have no real home for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Downhill Charge sits firmly in bulk territory and is easy to acquire. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb — pick it up for Zada lists without hesitation, but don't expect it to appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.