Blast-Furnace Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
Artifact offering (You may cast this spell as though it had flash by sacrificing an artifact and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed artifact. Mana cost includes color.)
Flying, double strike
Creatures attacking your opponents have double strike.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War Commander
- Price
- $4.68
- EDHREC rank
- #3914
Blast-Furnace Hellkite lands and immediately gives every attacking creature double strike — not just itself — which means a board that was threatening lethal is now ending the game on the spot. The eight-mana sticker is steep, but Tannuk, Steadfast Second and similar artifact-cost-reduction commanders routinely land it for free or near-free, which is where the card earns its reputation.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tannuk, Steadfast Second
Tannuk, Steadfast Second can pitch Blast-Furnace Hellkite to reduce artifact costs, and once it resolves, the double-strike grant turns every creature Tannuk has been buffing into a two-hit kill threat in the same combat step.
Mishra, Eminent One
Mishra, Eminent One creates artifact creature tokens at end of combat, and Blast-Furnace Hellkite ensures those tokens swing in with double strike the very next attack — collapsing the gap between going wide and closing the game.
Kaalia of the Vast
Kaalia of the Vast cheats Blast-Furnace Hellkite into play for free on attack, and the global double-strike trigger means every Angel, Demon, and Dragon already in play hits twice alongside it in the same combat.
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite specializes in getting massive colorless creatures into play cheaply, and Blast-Furnace Hellkite fits that profile while adding a board-wide double-strike anthem that Herigast's token-heavy attacks exploit immediately.
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant reduces artifact costs through its affinity-adjacent mechanics, making Blast-Furnace Hellkite consistently castable, and the double-strike payoff lines up perfectly with the wide artifact-creature boards Chiss-Goria generates.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the native habitat for Blast-Furnace Hellkite — the multiplayer context rewards a global double-strike anthem far more than a 1v1 game does, and the format's abundance of cost-reduction commanders makes eight mana a soft ceiling rather than a hard stop. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but competes against faster, more reliable threats that don't ask you to tap eight mana before doing anything relevant. Oathbreaker shares Commander's singleton multiplayer structure, so the card functions similarly there, though the smaller deck size and reduced life totals make the high cost harder to justify without dedicated support.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.68 cheap tier
At $4.68, Blast-Furnace Hellkite sits in the budget-mythic tier — genuinely powerful, genuinely cheap, which is a rare combination for a card with this kind of board impact. Demand from artifact and dragon commander builds should keep it from dropping further, so buying in now is straightforward.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tannuk, Steadfast Second
- Mishra, Eminent One
- Kaalia of the Vast
- Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
- Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.