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The Chain Veil

First printed in Magic 2015 (2014)

All 4 prints

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  • Pioneer Masters (PIO) #358, 2024 (digital)
  • Commander Masters (CMM) #943, 2023
  • The List (PLST) #M15-215, 2020
  • Magic 2015 (M15) #215, 2014

The Chain Veil

Legendary Artifact

At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker this turn, you lose 2 life.
4 generic, tap: For each planeswalker you control, you may activate one of its loyalty abilities once this turn as though none of its loyalty abilities have been activated this turn.

Illustrated by
Volkan Baǵa

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 (5)
  • Because the last ability modifies the rules of the game, it affects not only planeswalkers you control when it resolves, but also planeswalkers that come under your control later in the turn.
  • For the first ability, it doesn’t matter whether the planeswalker is still on the battlefield as your end step begins. If you activated one of its loyalty abilities that turn, The Chain Veil’s triggered ability won’t trigger.
  • Each additional time The Chain Veil’s last ability resolves will allow you to activate a loyalty ability of each planeswalker you control an additional time. For example, if you activate The Chain Veil’s last ability, untap it, then activate it again, you can activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker you control three times that turn.
  • After the last ability resolves, you’ll essentially be able to activate a loyalty ability of each planeswalker you control a total of twice during your turn. The timing rules for when you can activate loyalty abilities apply each time; it must be your main phase and the stack must be empty.
  • The second loyalty ability you activate doesn’t have to be the same as the first ability. For example, you could activate a planeswalker’s first ability twice, or you could activate a planeswalker’s first ability, then activate its second ability.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).

Combos

89 combos, the most popular first:

See all 89 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 11 of 6640 decks (0.2%), most in Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Share of decks
0.2%
▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-16: 0.0% 2026-08-23: 0.1% 2026-08-30: 0.1% 2026-09-06: 0.1% 2026-09-13: 0.1% 2026-09-20: 0.0% 2026-09-27: 0.2% 2026-10-04: 0.1% 2026-10-11: 0.1% 2026-10-18: 0.2% 2026-10-25: 0.2%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
11
11 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
–
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain 5.1% 0%
Jace, Multiverse Architect 0.2% 7%
Teferi, Temporal Archmage 0.1% 100%
Commodore Guff 0.1% 75%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Sol Ring100%1.0
Swan Song82%1.5
Arcane Signet82%1.3
Cyclonic Rift73%5.1
Mystic Remora73%1.1
Lotus Petal73%0.8
Rings of Brighthearth64%39.5
Tezzeret the Seeker64%16.3
Basalt Monolith64%5.5
An Offer You Can't Refuse64%1.4

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

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