Steel Hellkite
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Posted on July 6, 2011, 2:09 a.m. by Eadenoth
I really don't understand the power of Steel Hellkite !!! Im not dumb or trolling, but fir some reason, people think hes a great card to have 1 of or to fetch, but could some people give me some examples of how he's so much greater than say a titan or baneslayer at 6 cmc!?
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The best use of Steel Hellkite is in a Grand Architect deck. Using Grand Architect 's ability, you can cheat him out and pump him up.
July 6, 2011 2:23 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
It's a flying 5/5 Ratchet Bomb with 2: firebreathing. The power to board-wipe for 0 stops token decks, and also puts the hurt on most other builds. It can fly over most blockers, and it's a perfect fetch for a Treasure Mage .
I think it really excels in Grand Architect decks, as has been said. Architect, then Treasure Mage, then fish Hellkite and potentially play him right after, depending on your creature base.
July 6, 2011 2:41 a.m.
Justarsaus says... #5
GRRRRRRRRR mafteechr i had like a 3 paragraph answer :((((((
Ok lets take a lil look at this dragon of a card. First off we notice that he is colorless... that in its self is pretty good since it can get past most protections and can fit in any deck. Next up it is 5/5 which makes him a decent beatstick and nice lil finisher in your deck. Now what kinda beatstick are we paying 6 mana for? Well this lil puppy flies which is amazing it can block things that are in the air or on the ground but we arn't wanting to protect oursleves with it we want to break our opps face with it so since it flies all those pesky little soldier tokens elly makes oh and while we are soaring over the heads of them we can pump its attack with its second ability (lets say you didnt cheat it out with Tinker or Summoning Trap ) you have at least 6 mana to take a bigger bite out of what ever gets in its way. His last ability is where he shines the most imo. He can clear your opps side of the field in a matter of turns. Sure he has to smack your opp first but that isn't to big of a problem with both your own removal and with him flying over head.
July 6, 2011 2:46 a.m.
This really shines when your opponent's running a 3-of creatures/permanents or those decks with almost same CMCs. Combine Steel Hellkite with Unnatural Predation alone, and pay X to destroy all X CMCs on the field. Also, it works very well with Glissa, the Traitor (Most opponent will target Steel Hellkite ).
July 6, 2011 12:14 p.m.
I use Steel Hellkite as a 3-of in deck:zandls-mono-ish-green-deck.
I can tell you, from experience at FNM, he saves my ass more times than I care to mention. Flying overhead, you can bash an opponent for at least 5 damage and then nail a few of his/her permanents, as well. And the versatility of being able to pay 0 to kill tokens (or, more specifically, the Beast tokens from my Beast Within s) makes this card an even greater threat.
July 6, 2011 3:04 p.m.
I agree Steel Hellkite is one of my favorite artifacts in T2 right now, he is fabulous in my B/U/W and R/W/U control decks, Steel Hellkite + Sphinx of Jwar Isle + Clone
Mpz5 says... #2
The fact that he has flying is pretty big. He's also an artifact which means that he can be cheated out with Grand Architect , and his ability pumps his attack, and his other kills off whatever you need to kill.
In some situations he's better than Wurmcoil Engine and that's why they usually want 1 of him in to tutor with Treasure Mage .
Hope I helped you out.
July 6, 2011 2:16 a.m.