Magma Hellion
Creature — Hellion
Assist (Another player can pay up to 
of this spell's cost.)
Trample, haste
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28783
Magma Hellion enters the battlefield and deals damage equal to its power to each opponent — that's a 4/4 body that fires off 4 damage to the table the moment it lands, no attack required. The cost is six mana and a creature with no evasion or protection, which makes it a value piece rather than a finisher.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Magma Hellion earns its slot in spellslinger or blink decks that can recur the enter-the-battlefield trigger — every blink nets another 4 damage to each opponent, and in a four-player game that's 12 damage per loop. In Pauper, the common designation matters: six mana is a steep ask in a format that wins on turns three and four, so Magma Hellion is a fringe consideration at best. Legacy and Vintage are too fast to ever cast it fairly, and no broken reanimation shell wants a 4/4 with no immediate game-ending upside. Oathbreaker can use it similarly to Commander, though the smaller life totals make the repeated-trigger math hit harder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Magma Hellion is deep bulk — buy a playset for the price of a pack of gum. Bulk rares with narrow applications don't appreciate, so this is a use-it card, not a hold-it card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.