Steel Hellkite 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.
Official card text
Flying: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.
How it works : Steel Hellkite
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Steel 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
It 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
You 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The 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
has mana value 5.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If a permanent is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
In all cases, ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the permanent was cast.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If the mana cost of a permanent includes
, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
If 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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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