Steel Hellkite

Format legality

Where you can play Steel Hellkite in sanctioned and popular formats.

All printings (17)

Prices range from $0.25 to $15.86 across finishes. Cheapest printing: Foundations at $0.25.

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Rulings

Official rulings from Wizards of the Coast (9).

• 2024-11-08Steel Hellkite's last ability destroys only nonland permanents whose mana value is exactly equal to X, and only those controlled by players who have been dealt combat damage by Steel Hellkite this turn.
• 2024-11-08It doesn't matter who controlled those permanents at the time Steel Hellkite dealt combat damage, or if those permanents were even on the battlefield at that time.
• 2024-11-08You may activate the last ability even if Steel Hellkite hasn't dealt combat damage to any players that turn. If you do, the ability won't do anything.
• 2024-11-08If Steel Hellkite's third ability is activated with X equal to 0, it will destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 0 the appropriate players control.
• 2024-11-08The mana value of a permanent is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner, unless it's copying something else (see below). The mana value is the total amount of mana in that cost, regardless of color. For example, a card with mana cost {3}{U}{U} has mana value 5.
• 2024-11-08If a permanent is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.
• 2024-11-08In all cases, ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the permanent was cast.
• 2024-11-08If the mana cost of a permanent includes {X}, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
• 2024-11-08If a nonland permanent has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a token that's not copying something else, for example), its mana value is 0.

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