Halo Hopper
Artifact Creature — Frog
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #16138
Halo Hopper lands as a free spell whenever you cast it from exile, which in frog-tribal and cascade shells creates a self-perpetuating loop of value with almost no resource investment. The cost is real though — outside dedicated exile-matters engines, it's a vanilla 1/1 flier that does nothing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore mills your library face-down and lets you cast those cards from exile, meaning Halo Hopper triggers on nearly every cast — turning each free spell into another free spell and snowballing the whole engine.
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 |
In Commander, Halo Hopper is a role-player, not a staple — it earns its slot in Grolnok, the Omnivore builds and any deck that regularly casts spells from exile, but it's a blank in a generic goodstuff pile. Pauper is the other format worth watching: cascade and exile-matters strategies exist at common, and a 1/1 flier that costs nothing when cast from exile can generate real tempo in the right shell. Everywhere else — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage — the card simply isn't doing enough; those formats have access to more powerful free-spell payoffs and don't need Halo Hopper to fill that role.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Halo Hopper is firmly bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if your deck wants it. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow homes rarely climb, so don't expect the price to move unless a new exile-matters commander pushes it into broader demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.