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Utvara Hellkite

Creature — Dragon

Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, create a 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{6}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Ravnica Remastered
Price
$18.64
EDHREC rank
#1449
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Utvara Hellkite card art
When Utvara Hellkite attacks, it creates a 6/6 flying Dragon token for each Dragon you already control — one attacker becomes a board doubler by combat damage, and it compounds exponentially from there. Eight mana is steep, but Lathliss, Dragon Queen and Ganax, Astral Hunter both give you enough Dragon density to make that trigger absurd on the turn it lands.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Lathliss, Dragon Queen

Lathliss, Dragon Queen

64.0% of decks · synergy 0.59

Lathliss, Dragon Queen triggers on every nontoken Dragon entering the battlefield, so the tokens Utvara Hellkite creates feed right back into her ability — each attack threatens to end the game through sheer board multiplication.

02
Rivaz of the Claw

Rivaz of the Claw

57.5% of decks · synergy 0.56

Rivaz of the Claw cheats Dragons out of the graveyard, and Utvara Hellkite is exactly the kind of haymaker worth recurring — once it connects even once, the token army it generates rarely needs a second swing.

03
Ganax, Astral HunterAcolyte of Bahamut

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut

53.3% of decks · synergy 0.51

Ganax, Astral Hunter generates Treasure every time a Dragon enters, and Utvara Hellkite's attack trigger can dump three, four, or five Dragons onto the battlefield in one swing — that's immediate mana for whatever threat comes next.

04
The Ur-Dragon

The Ur-Dragon

52.1% of decks · synergy 0.47

The Ur-Dragon's cost reduction makes Utvara Hellkite easier to land a turn early, and its own eminence trigger means every token the Hellkite creates also draws a card and grabs a permanent when it attacks.

05
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

45.9% of decks · synergy 0.44

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient generates mana equal to the total power of attacking creatures, and a board full of Utvara Hellkite tokens attacking alongside him produces enough mana to empty your hand in a single combat step.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Utvara Hellkite lives — Dragon tribal is one of the format's most popular archetypes, and the Hellkite's attack trigger scales directly with the board states those decks build. Eight mana is manageable when your commander is Lathliss or The Ur-Dragon and you're already curving out on Dragons turns four through seven. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, Utvara Hellkite is technically legal but sees essentially no play; those formats move too fast for an eight-drop that doesn't win the game the turn it enters. Oathbreaker offers a niche home in Dragon-heavy builds, though the smaller deck size makes it harder to assemble the creature density the Hellkite rewards.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Scourge of Valkas does similar work at five mana, dealing damage for each Dragon you control whenever a Dragon enters — it doesn't generate tokens, but the effect is immediate rather than attack-dependent, which matters when you need pressure right now. Skyline Despot is another option that creates Dragon tokens on upkeep if you're the monarch, though sustaining the monarch status is a real ask; Utvara Hellkite is simply more explosive once the board is established, which is the trade-off you're making at the higher price point.

Price Context

Current price

$18.64 mid tier

At $18.64, Utvara Hellkite sits in the mid-tier range — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include but not a budget-breaker for a deck already investing in Dragon payoffs. It has been reprinted multiple times, which keeps the price from spiking hard; further reprints could push it lower, but for a card this popular in Commander it has shown reasonable price stability.

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