Hellkite Tyrant
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Dragon
Oracle Text:
Flying, trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Power/Toughness: 6/5
Rarity: rare
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Ravnica Remastered
Price ( USD): $3.35
USD: $3.35 · EUR: €3.98
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Character Background
Hellkite Tyrant is a late-game value and combo finisher that rewards a grindy, artifact-centric plan: it functions as a tempo threat (6/5 flying trample) while turning opponents’ artifacts into your resources and ultimately acting as a lock-and-win when you hit twenty artifacts. Play it in decks that want attrition and inevitability rather than pure aggro — think red-based artifact/value shells or artifact-combo decks that accelerate toward the twenty-artifact win. Deckbuilding tips: include cheap artifact mana rocks and token generators to both accelerate your own count and make any stolen equipment or utility pieces immediately useful; artifact tutors (e.g., Fabricate-style effects in cube or Commander options) and recursion/bounce effects let you protect or re-use key pieces. Be prepared to protect the dragon with spot removal answers or haste enablers to close out opponents before they can strip your control, and relish the strategic pressure it creates against artifact-heavy opponents who are suddenly loath to attack.
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