Hellspark Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Trample, haste
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature.
Unearth 
(: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #19135
Hellspark Elemental hits for 3 trample damage with haste the turn it enters, dies, and then does it again for free the next upkeep via unearth — six trampling damage across two turns for two mana. It's a redundant, self-replacing threat, and at two mana it asks almost nothing in return.
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 |
In Commander, Hellspark Elemental is a fringe pick — 3 damage to a single player across two turns doesn't close a game at a 40-life table, and it has no enters-the-battlefield or death trigger to recur for value. Modern and Legacy are where it actually has a history, slotting into aggressive red strategies that want cheap, self-replacing threats that punish opponents who tap out; the unearth clause is particularly relevant against decks that lean on sweepers. Vintage has the tools to do more broken things at two mana, so Hellspark Elemental rarely makes the cut there either. Bottom line: this is a Constructed aggro card trapped in formats where it's either too slow or too small.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Hellspark Elemental is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bargain bin without a second thought. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new aggressive red archetype emerges in a format where it's legal.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.