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Hordeling Outburst

Sorcery

Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
Price
$0.72
EDHREC rank
#2444
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Hordeling Outburst card art
Hordeling Outburst puts three 1/1 Goblin tokens on the board for three mana — efficient enough that token-hungry commanders from Akul the Unrepentant to spell-copy engines slot it in without hesitation. The cost is pure opportunity: three mana at sorcery speed with no built-in recursion, so you're leaning on something like Archaeomancer to get repeated value out of it.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Akul the Unrepentant

Akul the Unrepentant

62.5% of decks · synergy 0.61

Akul the Unrepentant devours tokens for value, and Hordeling Outburst delivers three bodies at once — each one a ready-made sacrifice trigger that feeds Akul's graveyard-to-hand engine.

02
Zada, Hedron Grinder

Zada, Hedron Grinder

69.8% of decks · synergy 0.59

Zada, Hedron Grinder needs a wide board before the engine fires, and Hordeling Outburst fills three slots on that board with a single spell — cast a cantrip targeting Zada afterward and you're drawing three cards off one sorcery.

04
Wort, the Raidmother

Wort, the Raidmother

54.5% of decks · synergy 0.53

Wort, the Raidmother can conspire Hordeling Outburst by tapping two red creatures, effectively doubling the output to six tokens for three mana and one turn of setup.

05
Thromok the Insatiable

Thromok the Insatiable

41.0% of decks · synergy 0.40

Thromok the Insatiable scales exponentially with the number of creatures it devours, and Hordeling Outburst drops three fodder tokens in one shot — each one multiplying Thromok's power that much further when it enters.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Hordeling Outburst earns its slot in any red strategy that wants bodies in bulk — token doublers, sacrifice outlets, and spell-copy commanders all treat three creatures for three mana as a bargain. In Pauper, it competes in red token and goblin aggro shells where the common restriction keeps the card pool tight and three bodies at once is premium rate. Modern and Pioneer have largely passed it by — faster token producers and more efficient payoffs exist — but it's not embarrassing in either format, just rarely optimal. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; three mana at sorcery speed can't compete at those speeds.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.72 bulk tier

At $0.72, Hordeling Outburst is bulk — you're picking this up in a common box or throwing it into a cart filler order without a second thought. It's a stable bulk rare with enough cross-format utility that the floor is unlikely to drop further, but don't expect it to climb.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.