Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
Creature — Elemental // Sorcery — Adventure
This spell costs 
less to cast, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard that are instant cards, sorcery cards, and/or have an Adventure.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #14561
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius puts a 4/4 trampler on board that draws a card every time you cast an Adventure spell — and Stoke Genius on the back half adds two +1/+1 counters and draws immediately on ETB. The cost is real: five mana for the creature is a meaningful ask, and the payoff only compounds if your deck is built around Adventures, making Beluna Grandsquall the obvious home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Beluna Grandsquall
Beluna Grandsquall's ability to cast the Adventure half off creatures in exile means Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius feeds a self-reinforcing loop — every Adventure cast draws a card through Hearth Elemental, which fuels more Adventure casts, which draws more cards.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through. In 60-card formats, five mana for a creature that rewards a tribal-adjacent theme is too slow and too narrow to compete with dedicated draw engines. In Commander, the card earns its slot only in Adventure-centric builds — outside of that shell, a 4/4 that draws on Adventure casts is a fair card at best and a do-nothing at worst. Stick it in the 99 when your commander cares about Adventures; leave it on the shelf otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius sits firmly in bulk territory, which is about right for a card with a narrow home. It's unlikely to climb meaningfully unless a future Adventure-matters commander drives demand, so there's no reason to hesitate picking up copies if you're building the archetype.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Beluna Grandsquall
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.