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Chandra's Incinerator

Creature — Elemental5 generic manaRed mana

The whole design keys off a single verb: noncombat damage, the kind of damage burn spells and Chandra ultimates and pinging effects deal, and it does two things with it at once. Every point that lands on an opponent shaves a mana off the casting cost, so in a deck built to throw damage around, a 6/6 trample body can come down absurdly early, sometimes for a single red. But the reload clause is the part that changes how you sequence a turn: once it resolves, every subsequent burn spell that hits the opponent gets mirrored onto one of their creatures or planeswalkers, turning face damage into board control at no extra card cost. That coupling is the point. The cost reduction rewards front-loading damage before casting it; the redirect rewards holding damage until after. A player has to decide which half matters more this turn, and against most boards the redirect is the reason to run it: a two-mana burn spell suddenly clears a threat and burns the opponent in the same breath. The trample keyword is quiet but load-bearing, ensuring a 6/6 that arrives ahead of curve does not simply stall behind a chump blocker. It is a payoff creature disguised as a beater, built to make a red deck's incidental reach into a closing engine.

Chandra's Incinerator (m21)
M21 · #136rare
Pricing
Normal: $2.22
Foil: $2.43
Oracle Text

Rules text

This spell costs X generic mana less to cast, where X is the total amount of noncombat damage dealt to your opponents this turn. Trample Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage to an opponent, this creature deals that much damage to target creature or planeswalker that player controls.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

2 sets
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