Hellkite Charger
Hellkite Charger: Creature - Dragon, Foundations Commander. Flying, haste. Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 5RR. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Creature - Dragon
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 160
- Artist
- Jaime Jones
- Commander rank
- 2,153 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Haste
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About Hellkite Charger
Hellkite Charger is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 160 in that set, with art by Jaime Jones. It costs {4}{R}{R} (four generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Zendikar (2009) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.00 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {5}{R}{R}. If you do, untap all attacking creatures and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.00 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hellkite Charger by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Hellkite Charger
Hellkite Charger has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Commander Masters (CMM) #232 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #540 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #138 | Rare | 2017 |
| Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #118 | Rare | 2015 |
| Salvat 2011 (PS11) #109 | Rare | 2011 |
| Archenemy (ARC) #41 | Rare | 2010 |
| Zendikar (ZEN) #131 | Rare | 2009 |
Official rulings
Four official rulings apply to Hellkite Charger, newest first.
- You decide whether to pay {5}{R}{R} as Hellkite Charger’s ability resolves.
- Hellkite Charger’s ability may trigger multiple times in the same turn, since its own ability gives it multiple chances to attack. Each time it resolves, you may create an additional combat phase.
- If you pay {5}{R}{R}, the new combat phase immediately follows the current combat phase. There is no main phase in between.
- If two Hellkite Chargers attack at the same time, both of their abilities trigger. If you pay {5}{R}{R} for each, two new combat phases will be created. However, all attacking creatures untap as those abilities resolve, not as the combat phases start. Any creature that attacks in the second combat phase will remain tapped during the third combat phase.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hellkite Charger is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.