Hellfire Mongrel
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
ZendikarZEN · #130
- Card type
- Creature — Elemental Dog
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.04 € · ★ 0.30 € · 0.13 $ · ★ 0.10 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Red
Card text
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has two or fewer cards in hand, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2009-10-02
Flavour text
There is no fondness between the hound and its master. There is only a common appreciation of the hunt.
Rulings
Hellfire Mongrel’s triggered ability has an “intervening ‘if’ clause.” That means (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless the opponent whose turn it is has two or fewer cards in hand as their upkeep starts, and (2) the ability will do nothing if that player has three or more cards in hand by the time it resolves.
In a Two-Headed Giant game, this ability will potentially trigger twice at the beginning of the opposing team’s upkeep — once for each player on that team.
