Chandra, Awakened Inferno
Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra
This spell can't be countered.
+2: Each opponent gets an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, this emblem deals 1 damage to you."
−3: Chandra deals 3 damage to each non-Elemental creature.
−X: Chandra deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker. If a permanent dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Core Set 2020 Promos
- Price
- $12.08
- EDHREC rank
- #3195
Chandra, Awakened Inferno hits the table and immediately starts killing opponents with uncounterable emblems — six mana buys pressure that scales up every turn regardless of interaction. Unlike Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh, which requires combat to flip, Awakened Inferno just wins the war of attrition without asking permission.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh decks run every Chandra planeswalker they can find, and Chandra, Awakened Inferno is the headliner — the emblem ability stacks with itself, so a Chandra-tribal build can pile on multiple triggers per upkeep and close games that creature-based pressure alone can't finish.
Commodore Guff
Commodore Guff proliferates loyalty counters across your whole planeswalker suite, which means Chandra, Awakened Inferno gets to her devastating -X faster and keeps emblems landing at an accelerated pace.
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls wants opponents losing life on their own turn, and Chandra, Awakened Inferno's emblems do exactly that — each upkeep trigger feeds the engine without Valgavoth needing to attack.
Klothys, God of Destiny
Klothys, God of Destiny plays a grinding, inevitability-focused game, and Chandra, Awakened Inferno fits as another axis of slow, unavoidable life loss that opponents can't simply remove with a spell.
Mogis, God of Slaughter
Mogis, God of Slaughter runs a group-slug strategy where every opponent bleeds every turn, and stacking Chandra, Awakened Inferno emblems on top of that damage ceiling accelerates the math toward a lethal endpoint.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Chandra, Awakened Inferno earns her slot on the strength of the emblem alone — uncounterable, repeatable, and multiplying each cast means blue-heavy tables can't simply counter her and move on. Six mana is real cost at a 99-card table, but any deck that can hit that number reliably gets a threat that scales up while sitting safely behind a loyalty total that most boards can't crack in one shot. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, she's a fringe finisher in big-red or superfriends shells — too slow for aggressive matchups, but a legitimate closer against control if she resolves. Legacy and Vintage can access her but have no incentive to given the density of faster threats available. Oathbreaker is the other sweet spot: as the signature spell backing a red planeswalker, Chandra, Awakened Inferno can fire repeatedly off the command zone in a way no other format replicates.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
The emblem angle is genuinely hard to replicate cheaply — Torment of Hailfire and Exsanguinate can close games for less mana investment and far less money, though they're one-shot rather than persistent. If the draw is specifically the uncounterable, grindy life-loss plan, Havoc Festival and Citadel of Pain both apply ongoing pressure at a fraction of the cost, at the trade-off of symmetry and far less immediate impact than Chandra, Awakened Inferno.
Price Context
Current price
$12.08 mid tier
At $12.08, Chandra, Awakened Inferno sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that it's not a budget barrier for most Commander players. The price is stable; she sees enough Commander play across Chandra-tribal, superfriends, and group-slug shells that demand stays consistent without a reprint driving her down.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
- Commodore Guff
- Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
- Klothys, God of Destiny
- Mogis, God of Slaughter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.