Two-Headed Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
Flying, menace, haste
Whenever this creature attacks, draw two cards.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander
- Price
- $11.34
- EDHREC rank
- #4442
Two-Headed Hellkite lands as a 6/6 flying, trample, haste threat that draws two cards the turn it attacks — that's immediate card advantage stapled to a body that demands an answer. The Ur-Dragon shells and The Locust God decks both want it for the same reason: a 7-mana dragon that replaces itself twice is a card-advantage engine, not just a beater.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Ur-Dragon
The Ur-Dragon reduces Two-Headed Hellkite's cost by one and triggers an additional free permanent when it attacks, turning the dragon's double-draw into a three-for-one swing — that's why it shows up in nearly a third of all Ur-Dragon lists.
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 |
Two-Headed Hellkite is a Commander card through and through — seven mana is too slow for Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal but functionally irrelevant. In Commander, the combination of haste, evasion, and guaranteed two-card draw on attack puts it squarely in the conversation for any dragon tribal or Temur-adjacent midrange build. Oathbreaker is legal but the 60-card, faster pace makes seven mana difficult to justify unless the deck is built around dragons specifically.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Two-Headed HellkiteThe Locust GodBreath of Fury
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite combat damage; Near-infinite combat phases; Near-infinite creature tokens with haste; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite untap of creatures you control; Near-infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Harmonize and Tidings can replace the draw, but neither comes stapled to a 6/6 flying body with haste — you're trading a threat for a spell. If you want a closer analog, Demanding Dragon and Balefire Dragon both hit the same mana range and offer immediate impact, though neither replaces Two-Headed Hellkite's card draw.
Price Context
Current price
$11.34 mid tier
At $11.34, Two-Headed Hellkite sits in mid-tier territory — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, cheap enough that cutting it for a strict upgrade is mostly a matter of finding one. The combination of evasion, haste, and built-in draw is hard to replicate at a lower price point, so the tag is reasonable for what it does.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.