Flowstone Hellion
Creature — Hellion Beast
Haste
: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #29773
Flowstone Hellion is a one-card combo piece that can deal 20+ damage to a single player in a single activation chain — the catch is that each pump costs a red mana and shrinks the Hellion's toughness by 1, so it kills itself if you run out of mana or targets. Pair it with Crackdown Construct and the activations become free, turning a janky self-destructing beater into a legitimate one-shot kill.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Flowstone Hellion sees essentially zero play in Legacy and Vintage — formats where faster, more consistent kill conditions exist and a five-mana creature that requires a combo piece to do anything broken just doesn't compete. Commander is the only format where Flowstone Hellion is actually worth building around: the 40-life total demands big damage swings, the slower pace gives you time to set up, and the 1v1 kill potential is real in a multiplayer game where focusing one opponent out is a valid line. Oathbreaker is legal but too fast for a five-drop with no immediate board impact.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Flowstone Hellion is deep bulk — there's no financial reason to hesitate on picking up copies. Bulk combo pieces with niche Commander applications rarely spike unless a specific commander popularizes them, so expect the price to stay flat indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.