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Chandra, Novice Pyromancer

Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra

+1: Elementals you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
−1: Add {R}{R}.
−2: Chandra deals 2 damage to any target.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Core Set 2020
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#13322
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Chandra, Novice Pyromancer card art
Chandra, Novice Pyromancer enters with five loyalty, taps creatures, and pumps your mana for a turn — real board presence at five mana, not just a value piece waiting to die. The cost is that outside of Cloudstone Curio loops and dedicated Chandra tribal builds anchored by Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh, she never quite justifies the slot in a generic red deck.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh

64.0% of decks · synergy 0.63

Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh runs Chandra, Novice Pyromancer because the Planeswalker type itself is the engine — every Chandra you cast advances the legendary flip condition, and Novice Pyromancer's mana ability directly enables the turn-sequence that pushes Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh over three damage and into planeswalker form.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Chandra, Novice Pyromancer sees essentially zero competitive play in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy — five mana for a planeswalker without an immediate game-ending effect is unplayable in those formats. Commander is where she actually lives, and even there the role is narrow: Chandra tribal decks and Cloudstone Curio combo shells are the only homes that reliably want her. In Oathbreaker she's a legal option as a signature spell target or supporting piece, but the same narrowness applies.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Chandra, Novice Pyromancer is deep bulk — a throwaway pickup when you're building the specific deck that wants her. Don't expect that to change; demand is too niche to push the price, and she's been printed enough times to stay in the basement.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.