First printed in Commander 2019 (2019)
All 5 prints
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Legendary Creature — Human Minion
Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.
3/2
- Illustrated by
- Steve Prescott
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (5)
- If you somehow activate Chainer's first ability more than once during a turn (perhaps because Chainer left the battlefield and returned), you can cast a creature card for each ability's permission. Similarly, if another effect allows you to cast a creature card from your graveyard, you may use that permission and later use Chainer's permission to cast another creature card.
- You don't choose a creature card to cast while activating or resolving Chainer's first ability. The ability creates a permission for you to cast a creature card from your graveyard later in the turn.
- Chainer's last ability triggers if Chainer enters the battlefield without being cast from your hand.
- Chainer's first ability doesn't change when you can cast the creature card. You can normally only cast it during your turn while the stack is empty, but if the creature card has flash, you can cast it at other times.
- Chainer's last ability triggers if the entering creature was cast from a zone other than your hand, or if it wasn't cast at all and is entering the battlefield from anywhere (including from your hand).
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
Combos
7 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Bloom Tender + Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Phyrexian Altar + Slimefoot and Squee
- Infinite turns, Lock: Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Loran of the Third Path + Marvin, Murderous Mimic
- Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Loran of the Third Path + Marvin, Murderous Mimic
- Near-infinite creature ETB, Infinite draw triggers…: Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Infinite Reflection + Liliana, Dreadhorde General + Unstable Shapeshifter (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite turns, Lock: Beacon of Tomorrows + Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Sidisi, Undead Vizier
- Infinite turns, Lock: Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Nexus of Fate + Sidisi, Undead Vizier
