First printed in Hour of Devastation (2017)

All 2 prints

Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #147, 2020 (digital)
Hour of Devastation (HOU) #86, 2017

Chandra's Defeat

Instant

Chandra's Defeat deals 5 damage to target red creature or red planeswalker. If that permanent is a Chandra planeswalker, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

"Fire? Is that your only trick, Chandra?"
—Nicol Bolas

Illustrated by: Kieran Yanner

Legality

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

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Archetype

Meta

Play it

UR (unclassified)

24.8%

URG (unclassified)

1.5%

10%

Deck

Record

giraffesarentreal in Pioneer Challenge 16

2-3
40%

Deck

Copies

Finish

giraffesarentreal, 31 Oct

1 side

#25
of 35
2-3

GinkoHS, 31 Oct

2 side

#31
of 35
0-2

O_danielakos, 30 Oct

1 side

5-0

URG

karatedom, 24 Oct

2 side

#27
of 27
0-2

Chandra's Defeat

Legality

Prices

Pioneer In 4 of 649 decks (0.6%), most in UR (unclassified)

Archetypes by metagame share

Played together with

Best win rate

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
UR giraffesarentreal, 31 Oct	1 side	#25 of 35 2-3
UR GinkoHS, 31 Oct	2 side	#31 of 35 0-2
UR O_danielakos, 30 Oct	1 side	5-0
URG karatedom, 24 Oct	2 side	#27 of 27 0-2