First printed in Dragons of Tarkir (2015)
Creature — Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, you may put a creature card with mana value 3 or less from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
4/4
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (3)
- The creature you put onto the battlefield will be returned to your hand only if it’s still on the battlefield as the delayed triggered ability resolves during the next end step. If it leaves the battlefield before then, it will remain wherever it is.
- The delayed triggered ability that returns the creature to your hand will trigger even if Swift Warkite leaves the battlefield before the next end step.
- You can’t put creatures onto the battlefield face down this way.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO), Premier Draft | 57.1% | +1.8 | +2.5 | 10116 |
| Pioneer Masters (PIO), Sealed | 56.7% | -0.5 | -1.8 | 533 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
5 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Activated Sleeper + Ashnod's Altar + Swift Warkite
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore + Swift Warkite
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Protean Raider + Swift Warkite
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Phantasmal Image + Swift Warkite
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Mirror Image + Swift Warkite