Flameborn Hellion
Creature — Hellion
Haste
This creature attacks each combat if able.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #29630
Flameborn Hellion is a 6/4 with no evasion and no enters-the-battlefield effect for six mana — a vanilla beater in a format where six mana buys you Primeval Titan or Wurmcoil Engine. Play it only if you're actively trying to fill a graveyard or trigger Hellion-specific payoffs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Flameborn Hellion competes against a deep pool of six-drop threats that generate immediate value, and it loses that fight badly outside of dedicated discard or reanimator shells. In Pauper, where the card pool is constrained to commons, a 6/4 body is more relevant, but six mana is still a steep ask for a format that rewards efficiency. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — Flameborn Hellion does nothing that those formats care about at any price. The one niche where it earns its slot is a Commander deck built around Hellion tribal or a discard outlet that wants cheap, large creatures in the bin.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Flameborn Hellion is deep bulk — you'll pull it from a dollar box or a draft chaff pile, not a singles order. Don't expect that price to move; there's no competitive demand driving a rebound.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.