Fiery Hellhound
Creature — Elemental Dog
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22808
Fiery Hellhound is a vanilla-adjacent 2/2 for three mana with a pump ability that costs more red mana to use — the rate is simply too poor to justify a slot in almost any deck. Better creatures exist at every point on the curve, and the pump doesn't compensate for the inefficiency.
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 |
Fiery Hellhound is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Pauper, where commons compete for slots, a 2/2 for three with an expensive pump ability gets outclassed by nearly every other red aggressive option. In Commander, the card offers no meaningful synergy, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no tribal identity that would make it worth 100-card consideration. It's legal across the board, but legality and playability are different things.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Fiery Hellhound sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that gets passed over at common binders without a second glance. That price reflects demand accurately, and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.