Hellion Eruption
Sorcery
Sacrifice all creatures you control, then create that many 4/4 red Hellion creature tokens.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planechase 2012
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #20866
Hellion Eruption converts your entire creature board into 4/4 Hellion tokens — same count, bigger bodies — for six mana at sorcery speed. The swap is a massive rate if your creatures are small, a liability if any of them are irreplaceable.
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 |
Commander is where Hellion Eruption lives — token-doubling strategies and wide creature builds use it as a one-card board reset that simultaneously upgrades the team. In Legacy and Vintage it has no competitive application; six mana at sorcery speed is unacceptable in formats where the game is often over by turn three. Modern is legal but similarly hostile, and the card sees no play there. Hellion Eruption is a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it competes with Craterhoof Behemoth and Beastmaster Ascension for the finisher slot in token decks.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Hellion Eruption is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not tracking its price. It won't appreciate; it fills a niche role in token Commander decks that rarely demands a premium copy.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.