Hellkite Igniter

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Hellkite Igniter: Creature - Dragon, March of the Machine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{R}{R}
Mana value
7
Type
Creature - Dragon
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
5/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
284
Artist
Jason Chan
Commander rank
7,636 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Haste

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About Hellkite Igniter

Hellkite Igniter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 284 in that set, with art by Jason Chan. It costs {5}{R}{R} (five generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. 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 6 sets, from Mirrodin Besieged (2011) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flying, haste

{1}{R}: This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control.

Its flight sets the sky itself on fire.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Hellkite Igniter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Hellkite Igniter

Hellkite Igniter has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #117Rare2022
Commander 2021 (C21) #171Rare2021
Commander 2018 (C18) #124Rare2018
Commander 2016 (C16) #127Rare2016
Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #65Rare2011

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Hellkite Igniter.

  • The number of artifacts you control is counted when the ability resolves.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Hellkite Igniter is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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