Akoum Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. If that land is a Mountain, this creature deals 2 damage instead.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Starter Commander Decks
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #8903
Akoum Hellkite enters swinging — a 4/4 flier that pings for 2 on landfall and keeps pinging each time another land drops, which adds up fast in any deck running land-fetching effects. Six mana is steep, but in a double-strike shell like Atarka, World Render that ping becomes lethal damage in the air before blockers are declared.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render grants every attacking Dragon double strike, which means Akoum Hellkite is already threatening 8 combat damage before the landfall triggers stack — the combination of incidental burn and an evasive body that hits for 8 makes it a reliable finisher in the 99.
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Lathliss, Dragon Queen creates a Dragon token whenever a nontoken Dragon enters, so Akoum Hellkite's landfall triggers are backed by a growing board — more Dragons mean more threats for opponents to answer before the burn accumulates.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Akoum Hellkite is a Commander card through and through — six mana is far too slow for Modern or Pioneer, where threats at that cost need to win the game immediately or are simply ignored in favor of more efficient options. In Commander, landfall is easy to trigger repeatedly: fetchlands, Cultivate effects, and Tempt with Discovery all fire the ping multiple times per turn cycle, turning Akoum Hellkite into a slow but persistent source of damage that accrues across a long game. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but practically irrelevant for a card at this power level.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Akoum Hellkite is deep bulk — a Dragon with a real game-text ability that simply got outpaced by more efficient options and never recovered to a meaningful price point. It's a free pickup in trade binders and unlikely to move significantly unless a new Dragon or landfall commander pushes demand.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.