Hellkite Tyrant is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card 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.
How it works : Hellkite Tyrant
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you don't control twenty or more artifacts at the beginning of your upkeep, Hellkite Tyrant's last ability won't trigger. If it does trigger, it will check again when it tries to resolve. If you don't control twenty or more artifacts at that time, the ability will do nothing.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Mycosynth Lattice + Hellkite Tyrant
Gain control of all permanents an opponent controls during each of your turnsLockWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using Hellkite Tyrant. Hellkite Tyrant triggers, causing you to gain control of all permanents that player controls, as they'll all be artifacts due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- 2At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, Hellkite Tyrant will trigger, causing you to win the game.
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#2
Hellkite Tyrant + Mycosynth Lattice + Blade of Selves
Gain control of all permanents an opponent controls during each of your turnsLockGain control of all permanentsWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Declare Hellkite Tyrant as an attacker.
- 2Hellkite Tyrant's myriad ability triggers, creating a token copy of it attacking each other opponent.
- 3Deal combat damage with each Hellkite Tyrant.
- 4Each Hellkite Tyrant's ability triggers, causing you to gain control of all permanents your opponent control, as they are all artifacts due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Hellkite Tyrant triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#3
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + Myr Battlesphere + Hellkite Tyrant
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Activate Orthion's second ability by paying
and tapping it, creating five token copies of Myr Battlesphere with haste. - 2When the Myr Battlesphere tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, creating twenty 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens.
- 3At the beginning of your end step, Orthion triggers, causing you to sacrfiice the Myr Battlesphere tokens.
- 4At the beginning of your next upkeep, Hellkite Tyrant's second ability triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#4
Hellkite Tyrant + Mycosynth Lattice + Legion Loyalty
Gain control of all permanents an opponent controls during each of your turnsLockGain control of all permanentsWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Declare Hellkite Tyrant as an attacker.
- 2Hellkite Tyrant's myriad ability triggers, creating a token copy of it attacking each other opponent.
- 3Deal combat damage with each Hellkite Tyrant.
- 4Each Hellkite Tyrant's ability triggers, causing you to gain control of all permanents your opponent control, as they are all artifacts due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Hellkite Tyrant triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#5
Myr Battlesphere + Saw in Half + Hellkite Tyrant + Parallel Lives
Near-infinite creature tokensNear-infinite creature ETBWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1On the end step prior to your turn, cast Saw in Half by paying
, destroying Myr Battlesphere and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. - 2The Myr Battlesphere tokens enter the battlefield, creating thirty-two 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens.
- 3At the beginning of your next upkeep, Hellkite Tyrant triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#6
Myr Battlesphere + Saw in Half + Hellkite Tyrant + Doubling Season
Near-infinite creature tokensNear-infinite creature ETBWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1On the end step prior to your turn, cast Saw in Half by paying , destroying Myr Battlesphere and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time.
- 2The Myr Battlesphere tokens enter the battlefield, creating thirty-two 1/1 Myr artifact creature tokens.
- 3At the beginning of your next upkeep, Hellkite Tyrant triggers, causing you to win the game.
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