Hell-Bent Raider
Creature — Human Barbarian
First strike, haste
Discard a card at random: This creature gains protection from white until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #27853
Hell-Bent Raider is a 2/2 double striker with firebreathing that only untaps during your first main phase — meaning every pump investment disappears if it gets blocked or removed before damage resolves. The double strike is real, but the untap restriction makes it a liability in any deck that can't guarantee it gets through cleanly.
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 |
Hell-Bent Raider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 2/2 double striker needs significant support to matter — red pump spells and evasion-granting effects can make it threatening, but the untap restriction punishes you for running it in multiplayer where blockers are abundant. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient threats at two mana, so Hell-Bent Raider never surfaces there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Hell-Bent Raider is firmly bulk — you're buying it for a casual build, not because it holds financial weight. Don't expect that price to move; there's no competitive demand pulling it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.