Hellkite Whelp
Creature — Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature defending player controls.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22459
Hellkite Whelp enters the battlefield as a 2/3 flyer with firebreathing — modest stats, zero immediate board impact, and a five-mana price tag that competing dragons spend on actual threats. Unless your deck has a specific reason to care about Dragon tribal synergies, this slot is better spent elsewhere.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hellkite Whelp is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive pressure in non-rotating formats makes a vanilla-adjacent 2/3 for five deeply unplayable outside of limited. In Commander, the only realistic home is a Dragon tribal deck where lord effects, cost reducers like The Ur-Dragon, or haste enablers let Hellkite Whelp punch above its weight — and even there it sits at the bottom of the curve on power. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual context, so the same tribal caveat applies.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Hellkite Whelp is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box long before you need to order it. That price reflects demand accurately: Hellkite Whelp fills a roster slot in budget Dragon tribal builds and little else.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.