Chancellor of the Tangle
Creature — Phyrexian Beast
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of your first main phase of the game, add 
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Vigilance, reach
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.90
- EDHREC rank
- #16482
Chancellor of the Tangle's real value is the opening-hand trigger — revealing it to add one green mana on turn one is a free tempo boost that costs nothing beyond a deck slot. The 6/7 body with vigilance and trample is fine for seven mana, but you're running Chancellor of the Tangle because that mana-on-one effect can shave a full turn off your early game.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Chancellor of the Tangle is a niche inclusion in high-speed green ramp decks where shaving one mana off turn one meaningfully changes the game — think turn-one dork into turn-two commander lines. In Legacy, the Chancellor has seen fringe play in Belcher and all-in combo shells that prize any free mana, though it competes with more efficient enablers and rarely makes the cut in 2024 lists. Modern and Vintage both allow it, but neither format rewards a slow seven-drop body enough to justify a slot on the board alone, so it lives or dies on the opening-hand trigger there too. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer pace and offers the same niche window for green storm or big-mana signatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.90 bulk tier
At $0.90, Chancellor of the Tangle sits squarely in bulk territory — you're paying almost nothing for a card whose primary function happens before the game starts. Bulk rares with narrow appeal tend to stay flat or drift lower, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.