Chandra's Firemaw
Creature — Hellion
Haste
When this creature enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Chandra, Flame's Catalyst, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #19208
Chandra's Firemaw hits the board and immediately deals 2 damage to any target, then threatens another 2 on its way out — real, repeatable pressure for a five-mana creature. The cost is that you need Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh in the 99 to justify the tribal slot; outside that shell, a vanilla 4/3 with a conditional kicker goes nowhere.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker by dealing damage, and Chandra's Firemaw supplies exactly that trigger on entry — two immediate damage without attacking means the flip condition is closer than it looks the turn you play it.
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 |
Chandra's Firemaw is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its practical home is Commander and nowhere else. In 60-card formats the five-mana ask for a 4/3 with 2 damage on entry doesn't clear the bar — better options exist at every point on that curve. In Commander, Chandra's Firemaw earns its seat only in Chandra-tribal lists built around Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh, where the damage trigger does real work accelerating a flip; anywhere else it's outclassed by generic red value creatures.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Chandra's Firemaw is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a narrow tribal piece. That price is stable by default: demand is too thin to push it up, and it's too format-specific to spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.