---
name: "Cinder Elemental"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "HOP"
set_name: "Planechase"
collector_number: "51"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Greg Staples"
oracle_id: "01805d0d-3a72-4d26-9475-3e68c278b7fe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cinder-elemental-hop"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cinder Elemental
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
{X}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: It deals X damage to any target.

> *Their rage can grow to such proportions that they explode in a cloud of fire.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Flame Elemental](/printing/flame-elemental-plst.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Bloodpyre Elemental](/printing/bloodpyre-elemental-ala.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Cinder Pyromancer](/printing/cinder-pyromancer-dpa.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
4. [Catalyst Elemental](/printing/catalyst-elemental-j22.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Pyroclastic Elemental](/printing/pyroclastic-elemental-jmp.md) — Creature — Elemental
6. [Kuldotha Flamefiend](/printing/kuldotha-flamefiend-mbs.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planechase (HOP) #51
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Greg Staples
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`