Is Chandra's Incinerator good in Commander?

Chandra's Incinerator in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Chandra's Incinerator converts any noncombat damage dealt to players into creature removal and direct damage at the same time — a two-for-one engine stapled to a 6/6 trampler that often costs one or two mana once your burn spells start connecting. Pair it with Repercussion and you're doubling the triggers; it slots into any Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh deck as a natural finisher that scales with every ping.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh

77.9% of decks · synergy 0.71

Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker that deals noncombat damage repeatedly, and Chandra's Incinerator turns every one of those pings into a removal spell or a face-burn trigger — the two form a self-reinforcing loop that closes games fast.

02

Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

51.3% of decks · synergy 0.44

Solphim, Mayhem Dominus doubles noncombat damage to players and permanents, which means every source that reduces Chandra's Incinerator's cost is hitting twice as hard, and every triggered copy from the Incinerator hits for double as well.

03

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

44.0% of decks · synergy 0.41

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph deals 1 damage to a creature whenever another source deals exactly 1 damage to it, generating a steady stream of noncombat damage events that chip down Chandra's Incinerator's cost and stack triggers turn after turn.

04

Klothys, God of Destiny

41.7% of decks · synergy 0.41

Klothys, God of Destiny drains opponents for 2 at the end of each precombat main phase, and that consistent noncombat damage to players is exactly the trigger Chandra's Incinerator feeds on — two mana for a potential 6/6 trampler is a realistic ask in that shell.

05

Eshki, Temur's Roar

38.9% of decks · synergy 0.37

Eshki, Temur's Roar generates repeated combat-adjacent damage triggers that pile up quickly, and Chandra's Incinerator rewards every point of noncombat damage dealt to players with a free removal ping — the two together turn incremental chip damage into board control.

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's Incinerator is the payoff that red burn and damage-doubler strategies have been missing — a cheap, evasive body that converts every ping into a removal spell while pressuring life totals. Modern and Pioneer have access to dense spell packages that can reduce its cost to zero on turn three, but it competes with more linear aggressive strategies that would rather spend six mana on the stack over two turns. Legacy has too many faster threats and free interaction for a six-mana vanilla threat to matter at baseline, so you'd only reach for it in a dedicated Repercussion-style combo shell. Oathbreaker is the sleeper home: noncombat damage planeswalkers fire often enough that Chandra's Incinerator frequently costs one or two mana and immediately threatens the signature spell player.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

9,401 decks

Chandra's IncineratorRepercussion

Near-infinite damage to one opponent; Destroy all creatures target opponent controls

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Price Context

Current price

$2.44 cheap tier

At $2.44, Chandra's Incinerator sits firmly in budget-staple territory — cheap enough to slot into every relevant Commander build without a second thought. The price is stable; it sees consistent demand in red damage-doubler and Chandra-tribal lists but lacks the cross-format spike potential that would push it higher.