Hurler Cyclops
Creature — Cyclops
, Sacrifice another creature: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #27695
Hurler Cyclops lets your instants and sorceries deal 1 damage to any target as a free rider — the effect is real, but a 3/3 with no evasion for four mana is a steep price for a pinging trigger. It's a fringe role-player in spell-heavy Commander builds, not a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hurler Cyclops is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play outside of Commander. In competitive 60-card formats, four mana for a vanilla-statted creature with a marginal damage trigger is nowhere near efficient enough to compete. In Commander, it finds its most plausible home in Izzet or Grixis spell-slinger decks where you're casting enough instants and sorceries to stack the pings into something meaningful — think Mizzix of the Izmagnus or Veyran, Voice of Duality shells. Even there, it's on the bubble; most decks would rather run a cheaper or more impactful payoff.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Hurler Cyclops is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for the cardboard. It won't hold or gain value, but if the effect fits a build, the financial barrier is nonexistent.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.