Brass-Talon Chimera
Artifact Creature — Chimera
First strike
Sacrifice this creature: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains first strike. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #29636
Brass-Talon Chimera is a 3/3 trample artifact creature for four mana — a fair body that pulls its weight in artifact-matters shells without demanding anything special from your manabase. The ceiling is low outside of dedicated synergy decks, but inside them it's a clean, on-theme threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Brass-Talon Chimera is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no realistic interest in it — those formats demand efficiency that a four-mana 3/3 simply can't provide. Commander is the only home where Brass-Talon Chimera earns its slot, specifically in artifact-tribal or Chimera-synergy builds where the creature type and permanent type both matter. Oathbreaker is legal but follows the same logic: it's a Commander card at heart.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Brass-Talon Chimera is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap acquisition for a themed build. Bulk artifact creatures rarely climb in price without a reprint or combo discovery, so treat it as a low-cost role-player and nothing more.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.