Swift Warkite

Creature — Dragon

Flying
When this creature enters, you may put a creature card with mana value 3 or less from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{B}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Dragons of Tarkir
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#21276
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Swift Warkite card art
Swift Warkite enters swinging — a 3/3 flyer that cheats a creature with mana value three or less into play from your hand or graveyard with haste, then bounces it at end of turn. The six-mana cost is steep, but the enter-the-battlefield abuse it enables, especially with a card like Activated Sleeper, makes it a legitimate engine piece in the right shell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Swift Warkite is a Commander card through and through — the formats where you can build around a single enter-the-battlefield trigger repeatedly are where it earns its slot. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but effectively invisible; six mana for a situational reanimation effect doesn't compete in those environments. Commander is where Swift Warkite finds a home, slotting into Rakdos or Mardu shells that want repeated ETB triggers or sacrifice fodder on demand.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Swift Warkite is deep bulk — zero barrier to picking up copies. Niche combo enablers at this price point rarely spike unless a commander breaks them wide open, so grab it for the synergy, not the speculation.

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