Firestorm Hellkite

Card Name

Firestorm Hellkite

Mana Cost

4

Type

Creature – Dragon

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Flying, trampleCumulative upkeep

Flavor Text

"If it can scar the sky with fire, do not share its destination." —Mwani, Mtenda herder

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/1/2008)
Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if a permanent with "cumulative upkeep
1
" has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay
4
or sacrifice the permanent.