Earth-Cult Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Siege Monster — When this creature enters, roll a d20.
1—9 | Each player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.
10—19 | Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice.
20 | Each opponent sacrifices two permanents of their choice.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #7448
Earth-Cult Elemental enters the battlefield and forces each opponent to sacrifice two artifacts or creatures — that's a guaranteed three-for-one at minimum in a four-player game before it even swings. The seven-mana price tag is steep, but Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor turns every die-roll trigger into an extra body, making that ETB repeatable through recast loops.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor runs Earth-Cult Elemental as a core piece: the Elemental's ETB rolls a die, which triggers Wyll's token-creation engine, and the combination of mass sacrifice plus fresh blockers represents substantial board impact on a single cast.
Delina, Wild Mage
Delina, Wild Mage copies Earth-Cult Elemental on attack, stacking the sacrifice trigger across multiple tokens — each copy forces additional sacrifices, which can dismantle an opponent's entire board in a single combat step.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Mr. House, President and CEO rewards every die roll with Treasure tokens, so Earth-Cult Elemental's ETB roll feeds directly into the mana-generation loop and keeps the engine spinning while stripping opponents of resources.
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients cares about damage dealt to itself, and Earth-Cult Elemental's die-roll ETB synergizes with the broader dice-matters package Vrondiss decks run, adding a board-disruption angle that the commander's usual dragon token spam doesn't cover.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Earth-Cult Elemental is a Commander card through and through — the sacrifice effect scales directly with the number of opponents, delivering three or more forced sacrifices where it would only hit one in a duel. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, seven mana for a creature with no protection is too slow and too fragile to matter; Pauper is the one exception worth a glance, but even there the format's speed makes a seven-drop a liability. Stick to Commander, where Earth-Cult Elemental's ETB reliably punishes artifact and token strategies and the dice-matters synergies give it a natural home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Earth-Cult Elemental is firmly bulk — you're picking it up for less than a pack of gum. Bulk rares with narrow but real synergy don't spike dramatically, so don't expect the price to move much unless a new dice-matters commander pushes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
- Delina, Wild Mage
- Mr. House, President and CEO
- Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.