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Chandra, Torch of Defiance

{2}{R}{R}

Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra

SS3Signature Spellbook: Chandra#1mythic
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
circle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 8
Illustrator
Magali Villeneuve
Found in
Signature Spellbook Chandra · Signature Spellbook: Chandra Box Set Signature Spellbook: Chandra
Printings11Combos18EDHREC rank#1,543
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent. +1: Add {R}{R}. −3: Chandra deals 4 damage to target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."
Loyalty 4
Plays as:
Cast From ExileImpulse DrawPlaneswalker Removal
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Foil-5.2%
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Cheapest playable copy$2.82· across 11 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

7 · latest Sep 20, 2016
  • WotCSep 20, 2016

    An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands. If the card exiled with Chandra's first ability is a land card, you can't play it and Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.

  • WotCSep 20, 2016

    Chandra's emblem's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.

  • WotCSep 20, 2016

    If you cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Chandra's ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only during combat") are not.

  • WotCSep 20, 2016

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, Chandra's first ability causes 4 damage total to be dealt to the opposing team.

  • WotCSep 20, 2016

    Loyalty abilities can't be mana abilities. Chandra's second ability uses the stack and can be countered or otherwise responded to. Like all loyalty abilities, it can be activated only once per turn, during your main phase, when the stack is empty, and only if no other loyalty abilities of the planeswalker have been activated this turn.

  • WotCSep 20, 2016

    The emblem created by Chandra's last ability is colorless. The damage it deals is from a colorless source.

  • WotCSep 20, 2016

    You pay the costs for the exiled card if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as emerge rather than the card's mana cost.