Inferno Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, this creature deals 3 damage to that creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28157
Inferno Elemental enters as a 3/3 that deals 3 damage to any creature that blocks it — a passive deterrent that forces opponents to throw away blockers or take the hit. Six mana for a 3/3 is poor rate, and that's the ceiling: it's a situational combat trick stapled to an understatched body.
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 |
Inferno Elemental is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing meaningful play in none of them. In Commander, a 6-mana 3/3 with a conditional damage trigger can't compete for a slot when the format is full of Elementals that generate real card advantage or close games. In Legacy and Modern, the card is simply outclassed — those formats demand either efficiency or a game-ending effect, and Inferno Elemental offers neither. It's a bulk rare that exists on the fringes of all its legal formats without finding a home in any of them.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Inferno Elemental is deep bulk — the kind of card that shows up in draft chaff and collection lots. There's no competitive demand pulling the price up, so it's unlikely to move unless a future Elemental synergy card dramatically changes the landscape.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.