Hellion Crucible
Land
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, : Put a pressure counter on this land., , Remove two pressure counters from this land and sacrifice it: Create a 4/4 red Hellion creature token with haste. (It can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #20618
Hellion Crucible pays four mana and two turns of charging to produce a single 4/4 token — a rate so slow that most Commander tables have already decided the game by the time it matters. Run it only if your deck specifically rewards having a land that can threaten combat damage, because as a general-purpose token producer it is strictly outclassed by options that don't eat your land drop.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hellion Crucible is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees meaningful play in essentially none of them. In Commander, the two-counter setup means you need three full turns of investment for one 4/4 with no evasion — a steep ask in a format where a single board wipe erases the payoff and leaves you with a tapped land. In Legacy and Vintage, the opportunity cost of a colorless land that does nothing the turn it enters is disqualifying; those formats demand every land slot earn its place immediately. Modern has moved on to far more efficient land-based threats. Hellion Crucible is a curiosity rather than a competitive option across every format where it's legal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Hellion Crucible sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its play rate accurately. There is no meaningful demand pressure to push it higher, so treat it as a throw-in rather than a pickup with any upside.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.