Furyborn Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
Bloodthirst 6 (If an opponent was dealt damage this turn, this creature enters with six +1/+1 counters on it.)
Flying
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $1.10
- EDHREC rank
- #17804
Furyborn Hellkite is a 12/12 flying, trample threat for seven mana — the largest stat-line you can print on a dragon at that cost — but bloodthirst 6 means you only get that body if an opponent took damage this turn. Without the trigger, you're casting a vanilla 6/6 flyer for seven, which is unplayable in any serious context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Furyborn Hellkite lives or dies by your deck's ability to guarantee early chip damage — in go-wide or aggressive red shells it's a genuine finisher, but in slower builds the bloodthirst condition is unreliable enough that seven mana for a 6/6 is a dead card. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card has no competitive application in formats where removal is free and turn-seven vanilla 6/6s are irrelevant. Modern sees it occasionally in casual dragon tribal, never in anything tuned. The card is legal in Oathbreaker but bloodthirst is harder to enable with only one crack at a planeswalker as your commander.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.10 cheap tier
At $1.10, Furyborn Hellkite sits at the low end of bulk rares — appropriate for a card with narrow competitive applications. The price is stable: there's no spike risk, and no obvious reprint pressure would push it lower than it already sits.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.