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
{4}{R}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Magic 2012
Price
$1.10
EDHREC rank
#17804
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Furyborn Hellkite card art
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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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.