Gluttonous Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
When you cast this spell, each player sacrifices X creatures. This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it for each creature sacrificed this way.
Flying, trample
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3 Commander
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #9437
Gluttonous Hellkite enters and immediately eats creatures on both sides of the table, converting every death into a Blood token — the board impact is immediate and the card advantage is real. Seven mana is steep, but Disa the Restless can pitch it to fuel a Lhurgoyf token before it ever hits the stack, making the cost secondary to the text box.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Disa the Restless
Disa the Restless treats Gluttonous Hellkite as a two-for-one: discard it to generate a Lhurgoyf token off the graveyard count, then reanimate it later for the enter-the-battlefield massacre — you get the body and the board wipe without ever casting it fairly.
Kresh the Bloodbraided
Every creature Gluttonous Hellkite devours on entry is a creature dying, and Kresh the Bloodbraided turns each of those deaths into a +1/+1 counter — a single Hellkite trigger can swing Kresh's power from manageable to lethal in one shot.
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 where Gluttonous Hellkite belongs — multiplayer boards run wide, so the devour trigger routinely eats four or more creatures and the resulting Blood tokens generate enough card selection to justify the seven-mana ask. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but practically irrelevant; those formats end before seven mana is a realistic number, and a enter-the-battlefield effect stapled to a vanilla flier does nothing that more efficient threats don't do better. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander dynamic at a smaller scale, so it's playable there if your signature spell supports the graveyard or reanimation angle.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Gluttonous Hellkite is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Bulk rares with narrow commander homes tend to stay flat unless a new high-profile commander pushes them, so treat this as a cheap pickup for the decks that want it rather than a spec.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.