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Hellkite Charger

Creature — Dragon

Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {5}{R}{R}. If you do, untap all attacking creatures and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Archenemy
Price
$3.21
EDHREC rank
#2083
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Hellkite Charger card art
Hellkite Charger turns a single combat step into a game-ending loop — if you can pay {5}{R}{R} after connecting, you get another attack, and another, until opponents are dead or out of blockers. The seven-mana entry cost is steep, but Old Gnawbone pairs with it to make that activation free, and Lathliss, Dragon Queen builds a wide enough board that the first swing is rarely the last.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Lathliss, Dragon Queen

Lathliss, Dragon Queen

45.7% of decks · synergy 0.43

Lathliss, Dragon Queen floods the board with Dragon tokens every time a Dragon enters, and Hellkite Charger turns that army into a kill — swing once, pay the activation, swing again before opponents untap.

02
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

46.2% of decks · synergy 0.42

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient generates mana equal to the total power of attacking creatures, which means a single swing with Klauth and one or two other Dragons produces enough mana to pay for Hellkite Charger's activation outright and chain into infinite combat steps.

03
Ozai, the Phoenix King

Ozai, the Phoenix King

40.0% of decks · synergy 0.39

Ozai, the Phoenix King rewards going wide with aggressive attackers, and Hellkite Charger slots in as the card that converts a successful alpha strike into a full close rather than leaving opponents at low life.

04
Fire Lord Zuko

Fire Lord Zuko

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.33

Fire Lord Zuko incentivizes attacking with multiple creatures each combat, and Hellkite Charger's ability to tack on an extra attack phase means every trigger and damage-on-attack effect doubles up with almost no extra investment.

05
Ganax, Astral HunterAcolyte of Bahamut

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut

35.9% of decks · synergy 0.31

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut produces Treasure tokens whenever a Dragon deals combat damage, which feeds directly into Hellkite Charger's activation cost and can sustain the loop as long as Dragons keep connecting.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Hellkite Charger is a Commander card first and last — the extra combat mechanic scales with the go-wide, high-power creature suites that thrive in 100-card singleton, and the infinite combat combo with Old Gnawbone is a recognized win condition in Dragon and big-mana decks alike. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes against a card pool that ends games on turn one or two; seven mana for a creature that doesn't immediately close the game is nowhere near the bar those formats demand. Modern is the same story — the format's speed and efficient removal leave Hellkite Charger with no viable home. Build it in Commander; ignore it everywhere else.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$3.21 cheap tier

At $3.21, Hellkite Charger sits in the cheap tier and overdelivers for the price — it's a marquee combo piece in Dragon decks that costs less than most non-basic lands. Demand from Lathliss and Klauth builds keeps a floor under it, so this is a safe pickup without worrying about the price moving against you.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.