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Hellkite Charger

{4} {R} {R} · Creature — Dragon · Commander Masters (CMM)
Times Brought
762
Decks Running
348
In Decks
—
Decklist Inclusion
—
Format

Showing 1v1 (duel) data only. 1v1 is a different format from multiplayer Commander, so these numbers are not comparable.

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Hellkite Charger card

Hellkite Charger

{4} {R} {R}
Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {5}{R}{R}. If you do, untap all attacking creatures and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
5 / 5
Commander Masters (CMM) · Rare · Illustrated by Jaime Jones

Final zone distribution

157 instances
1.3%
Library
40.1%
Battlefield
18.5%
Graveyard
4.5%
Exile

Commanders that played this card

in tracked games

The "good card" funnel

762 brought · 320 players
Brought to game
762
Ever drawn
148
Reached battlefield
88
Still on board at game end
63

Once cast, 72% of this card is still on the battlefield at game end. This reflects how often it survives removal, not just whether it's a permanent.

≥ +0.5pp

Players who cast this card win 32% of the time (n=63) , vs 25% when it never left the library (n=422).

When players drew this card but left it in hand, they won 24% (n=40).

Read this as correlation, not as the card's contribution. Casting a card means you lived long enough to cast it, so this gap widens with mana value across every card we track.

Observed gap +6.9pp; 95% confidence interval +0.5pp to +13.3pp. Correlational, not causal: powerful payoffs also get cast more often in games you are already winning.

First-cast turn

n=88
2%
T1
2%
T2
5%
T3
15%
T4
25%
T5
44%
T6-9
7%
T10+
Median 6.0 P25 5 · P75 7 · max 22
On curve 72% (20 / 88 cast on T6) Cast same turn as drawn 32%

Frequently Asked

Why isn't there more data on this card?
Playgroup Live collects per-card gameplay data from real Commander games. Play counts appear once a card reaches 100 tracked games, and the full charts need a sample of at least 25 observed games that is not dominated by a single pilot. Until this card clears those bars you're seeing only the basic counts. Stats refresh nightly.
How is Playgroup Live card data collected?
Players using Playgroup Live import their decklists before a game and log card actions as they play. Each cast, zone change, and resolution is recorded as a real game event. Stats on this site are computed from those events, not from decklist scrapes or theorycrafting. Playgroup has recorded 720,000+ Commander games overall, and this card-level play data comes from the Playgroup Live seats playing virtual cards, a subset of that corpus.