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Chainer, Dementia Master

First printed in Torment (2002)

All 6 prints

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  • Commander Masters (CMM) #144, 2023
  • Commander Masters (CMM) #505, 2023
  • Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #299, 2023
  • Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #424, 2023
  • Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #77, 2023
  • Torment (TOR) #56, 2002

Chainer, Dementia Master

Legendary Creature — Human Minion

All Nightmares get +1/+1.
BlackBlackBlack, Pay 3 life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types.
When Chainer leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.

3/3

Illustrated by
Mark Zug

Legality

Legal in
Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Ruling (1)
  • The creature put onto the battlefield by Chainer's activated ability is black only, not black in addition to its other colors. It is, however, a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types. As it enters the battlefield, it is already a black Nightmare (and perhaps some other creature types); it doesn't enter and then become a black Nightmare.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Combos

139 combos, the most popular first:

See all 139 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 51 of 6513 decks (0.8%), most in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Share of decks
0.8%
▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-17: 1.3% 2026-08-24: 1.4% 2026-08-31: 0.8% 2026-09-07: 0.7% 2026-09-14: 0.7% 2026-09-21: 0.9% 2026-09-28: 0.8% 2026-10-05: 0.6% 2026-10-12: 0.8% 2026-10-19: 0.8% 2026-10-26: 0.8%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
51
51 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
27%
14 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 0.9% 89%
Baron Helmut Zemo 0.0% 33%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Gray Merchant of Asphodel100%73.2
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth100%46.5
Reanimate100%8.9
Cabal Ritual100%3.4
Dark Ritual100%2.4
Vampiric Tutor100%2.0
Lotus Petal100%1.1
Sol Ring100%1.0
Asmodeus the Archfiend98%106.4
Buried Alive98%42.6

Best win rate

DeckRecord
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Josh G [[Team04]] in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)		 3-2
60%
Baron Helmut Zemo
Alejandro "Pro" Proestakis in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede Antofagasta		 3-2
60%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Rory O'Brien in The Warsaw Pact 2.0 - cEDH European Championship Qualifier		 3-3
50%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Michael Deitsch in The CEDH Witching Hour		 2-3
40%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Nicolas Jaramillo in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND		 2-5
29%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
William Penrod in Eye of The Tiger (Lion) CEDH Tournament- Win a Lion's Eye Diamond		 1-4
20%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Paul ::BLIGHT:: in Collectible Ventures: S.N.L. / Mages 10K Birthday Bash		 1-4
20%
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Carlos Cardenas in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND		 1-5
17%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

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