Skarrgan Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
Riot (This creature enters with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)
Flying
: This creature deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets. Activate only if this creature has a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #13254
Skarrgan Hellkite lands as a 5/5 flying, trampling, haste threat that immediately threatens four damage to any target — all for six mana. The riot mechanic means you're never stuck waiting, and the activated damage ability turns spare mana into reach every turn after.
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 |
Commander is where Skarrgan Hellkite does its best work — the format's slower pace gives a six-mana dragon room to breathe, and the combination of haste, trample, and repeatable direct damage lines up cleanly with red-heavy aggro and dragon tribal strategies. In Modern and Pioneer, a six-mana 5/5 competes against faster threats and more punishing removal suites, so it rarely sees competitive play. Legacy and Vintage are simply too hostile an environment for a card this expensive with no immediate game-ending impact. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: fine in a midrange shell, but there are tighter options at the same cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Skarrgan Hellkite is pure bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Casual demand keeps it from dropping further, but there's no competitive pressure to drive the price up.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.