I love this kitty, just as much as every Timmy must do.
Lordpenguin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(4 votes)
It seems odd that this isn't listed as being in From The Vault as well as Shards on the Sets tab.
Akatosh
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(13 votes)
The pinnacle of "Timmydom". Big creature, scary creature, fast, hard to kill, and its a DRAGON. Timmies can't ask for much more than this.. I mean seriously. In the MTG universe, this thing is a "Hellkite Overlord", so some kind of leader or alpha-creature among the "Hellkites", the bigger and more powerful dragons of MTG. So how does this thing stack up to the other reanimation creatures? In terms of cost, I consider it better than Akroma, Angel of Fury, certainly, but the Angel of Wrath? Hard pick. The angel is immune to most removal spells but the hellkite hits harder. I'm not sure.
Borgomastro
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(7 votes)
Di certo non e' cosi' immediato riuscire a metterla in gioco rapidamente, almeno non con metodi standard, ma una volta in gioco questa creatura sa farsi valere, soprattutto con un mazzo che riesce a produrre Mana infinito Rosso...
AttilaDaHun55
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(8 votes)
With teckinacly an indestructible creature and having the power and toughness =ing 8 having flying trample and haste will devostate those un-knowing of Dragon's Herald so that high cost you would have 2 pay for Hellkite Overlord will be taken down to safacricing a swamp mountain and forest creature so hopefully that will help any of those that have a low mana deck
Wrathofthemany
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(5 votes)
This card effectiveness has dropped with new cards like resounding silence and path the exile that dont destory cards. Its still a nice card and is safe from most removal. The haste and trample can make a win out of no where. But there are other much cheaper finishers that are even harder to kill. Still is a great card and im glad to have it in my deck.
SavageBrain89
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(8 votes)
Despite cheap white removal like Path to Exile, Hellkite Overlord is definitely the best dragon in standard, capable of destroying the opponent without much resistence. Not to mention with mana acceleration like Rampant Growth, Birds of Paradise and Garruk Wildspeaker this guy can be in play as early as turn four or five. With insane abalities and amazing artwork and flavor text its difficult to imagine anyone who deosn't like this card.
Very good, but it needs devour like Hellkite Hatchling to be an awesome card (not that it isn't already)!
mtgranai101
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I got this card for Christmas. I had no idea that it was in the Tournament Pack my aunt got me as a preasant.
One_Winged_Angel
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(8 votes)
My brother runs this card in a Jund deck. Getting hit by a big flying regenerating trampling firebreathing creature is like being punched in the head: it hurts, it's disorienting, and it's a knockout.
inmypants22
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
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Volcre
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(7 votes)
What a pity that they printed this awesome creature in the same Block as Path to Exile. His blackness, high toughness and regenerate make him almost unkillable by most decks, but Path just outright deletes him.
VirtueVsVice
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I run a nice legacy deck that gets H. Overlord out (usually) by the 4th or 5th turn. I use Worldly Tutor or Goblin Recruiter (which I could easily replace with Diabolic Tutor and Boggart Harbinger to make the deck standard) to get Dragon's Herald out fast. Most of the rest of my cards are cards like Manaforge Cinder, Odious Trow, and Wild Cantor, which are multiple colors to make it easier to satisfy D's Herald's sac costs (Manaforge Cinder for example can satisfy either the black or the red sac cost, while also being easy to deploy in a multicolored deck).
Fun deck to run! Hellkite Overlord pwns Prince of Thralls, Godsire, Empyrial Archangel, and Sovereign Sphinx in my personal Oppinion...
-VVV
Zulp
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Watching this and Godsire fight would be something to see, but as much as I love Godsire, I think the Overlord would unfortunately win, simply because Godsire doesn't have wings. But if Hellkite Overlord got anywhere near Godsire's mouth, he'd be pulp in no time.
darkfury
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
its an upgrade over the elder dragon cards same price, more lenient in what it costs, better abilities, no upkeep cost
U-caster
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Man, not much CAN stand in the way of this thing. What I wouldn't give to find one in a pack. I saw one at a store in a mall near where I live for forty bucks.
Donovan_Fabian
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card would be awful if not for the haste, and because of it I actually think it's pretty decent, if they don't have a removal and you can swing in for 8 damage even if some of that gets blocked, thats a great way to start a turn, and it at least has regeneration if your opponent does happen to draw a removal. Not that it will help you against terminate or path to exile though. It's also no sphinx of the steel wind.
Demonic_Angel13
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
2 things: Awesome card, and Crucible of Fire. 11/11 with haste and flying. After ploping this guy just wait for your opponent to scoop.
requires dragon's herald but with it he's amazing. I run 1 in a deck with 2 herald's. he's won me quite a few games and I've never had to hardcast him
Guntz1092
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
turn w/e: have 3 mountains, 2 swamps, 1 forest, and two other lands play hellkite, dont attack
turn after: play Sarkhan the Mad use 2 mountains to boost hellkite +2/+0 attack with hellkite for 10 Sarkhan's 3rd ability (-4 Counters) for another 10
u wont believe how many actual wins that gets me.....
Sironos
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
He can get exiled by white, but so can most any creature without protection from white.
Imo this is the superior mythic rare in Alara because of the regenerate, that is simply amazing on such a beast.
allmighty_abacus
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
@ezentar
ummm it couldn't go head to head with the sphinx. The sphinx has protection from red and green.
nonetheless, this is a monster of a card.
Faust-The-Desolate
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you got the mana hit with him, give him +1 and then soul's fire
Pipikako
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I fell in love with this card instantly :)
TheSwarm
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Flying, Trample, Haste, Firebreathing, and Regen. Ok. Kool.
Anubisisking
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
this guy is a beast.
Hellkite Hatchling is all grown up!
skalastics
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
come on guys heavy mana ramp and some Summoning Trap and this guy rarely has to wait til turn 4 to plop a duece on an opponents face .
Superllama12
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
IMMA FIRIN MAI LAZOR!!!!!
I can't believe that I didn't see anyone else pull that one!
HellkiteOverlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DacenOctavio: Why haven't you played it yet? It's a lot of fun. My favourite deck is built around this. 3 Overlords and 4 Heralds with a lot of green and black creatures. Use the Herald for the red sac, no point keeping it around since the game usually lasts only 2 turns after Hellkite hits the field. It works in 9/10 games (casual of course) if you run 4 Vines of Vastood to protect the Heralds from removal. Vines is also great for protecting the dragon since it's a lightning rod for Path, Terminate, and now Plummet and Go for the Throat. You never get to use its regenerate ability, but its presence alone seems to deter people from attempting to take it down with multiple bolts, etc. I hope this gives you (and anyone else interested) some incentive to try it out, it's great for your Timmie side if you have one.
BlackAlbino
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Rawr
TheWallinator74
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Best. Dragon. Ever. Seriously, if someone drops this and it isn't countered, the player or players who will face its wrath have a 99% chance of losing. Long live Jund!
C0nker4
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
i love this card... but i always assumed he was a legendary, how strange he isnt.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
probably the best of the cycle since he wins the fastest
I want him to be legendary, but then I couldn't Dragonstorm four of him out.
DacenOctavio
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This is a card with terrifying abilities. I want to use it in conjunction with Dragonspeaker Shaman to offset the heavy mana cost. In casual, that is. In constructed it would have eaten many a Path to Exile or a Terminate. Otherwise, it has many perks; it's evasive, has the trample and firebreathing synergy, and removal that doesn't exile or stop regeneration or prevent attacking just doesn't do the job. Unfortunately, every player worth his salt runs the Path.
EDIT: I'm frustrated because I've never ever played this guy. And I own 3 copies of them. And 4 Dragon's Herald. *Sigh*
EDIT: I just built a budget Reanimator. He's in there. He's won games. I'm so happy. :D
My first dragon ever, and my favorite as well. Built a deck around him with Dragon's herald's, because I had them. Traded a Garruk Wildspeaker for this and a couple of other cards. Pretty cool.
BongRipper420
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
An amazing Reanimate target unless your opponent has at least one Plains.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
T1: Mana dork + Forest T2: Forest, listen to your buddy make fun of your crappy deck for not having anything to play. T3: Forest, Natural Order, attack for 8 double evasion
It's in colors that reanimate, in colors that ramp (all three of them!) and in colors that tutor (especially creatures).
TexasDice
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He is able to kill +3 Nicol Bolas in one shot for the equal price. That's value in my book.
since_gatecrash771
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Of all the dragons I've seen so far, this one takes the cake. One dragon to rule them all...Definitely commander material
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Fun deck to run! Hellkite Overlord pwns Prince of Thralls, Godsire, Empyrial Archangel, and Sovereign Sphinx in my personal Oppinion...
-VVV
same price, more lenient in what it costs, better abilities, no upkeep cost
Mwahahaha!
have 3 mountains, 2 swamps, 1 forest, and two other lands
play hellkite, dont attack
turn after:
play Sarkhan the Mad
use 2 mountains to boost hellkite +2/+0
attack with hellkite for 10
Sarkhan's 3rd ability (-4 Counters) for another 10
u wont believe how many actual wins that gets me.....
Imo this is the superior mythic rare in Alara because of the regenerate, that is simply amazing on such a beast.
ummm it couldn't go head to head with the sphinx. The sphinx has protection from red and green.
nonetheless, this is a monster of a card.
Hellkite Hatchling is all grown up!
I can't believe that I didn't see anyone else pull that one!
yep. I just went there. 3:)
Proceed to drool.
EDIT: I'm frustrated because I've never ever played this guy. And I own 3 copies of them. And 4 Dragon's Herald. *Sigh*
EDIT: I just built a budget Reanimator. He's in there. He's won games. I'm so happy. :D
T2: Forest, listen to your buddy make fun of your crappy deck for not having anything to play.
T3: Forest, Natural Order, attack for 8 double evasion
It's in colors that reanimate, in colors that ramp (all three of them!) and in colors that tutor (especially creatures).