---
name: "Crater Hellion"
mana_cost: "{4}{R}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Hellion Beast"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Echo"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "179"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "2d37c437-0d5c-400d-88ce-10d173b28eda"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/crater-hellion-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Crater Hellion
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{R}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Hellion Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Echo

## Oracle Text
Echo {4}{R}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, it deals 4 damage to each other creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Volcano Hellion](/printing/volcano-hellion-plc.md) — Creature — Hellion
2. [Tectonic Fiend](/printing/tectonic-fiend-tsp.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Orcish Hellraiser](/printing/orcish-hellraiser-mh1.md) — Creature — Orc Warrior
4. [Firemaw Kavu](/printing/firemaw-kavu-tsr.md) — Creature — Kavu
5. [Ghitu Slinger](/printing/ghitu-slinger-plst.md) — Creature — Human Nomad
6. [Hammerheim Deadeye](/printing/hammerheim-deadeye-mma.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #179
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daren Bader
- **Total Printings:** 22 across all historical editions

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